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TEST EXAMINATIONS 



AND A 



METHOD OF INTRODUCTING THEM 



FOR USE IN 



THE COMMON SCHOOLS 



ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO GRADED WORK 



FRANK B. HOUSEL 




SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER 

1900 



Copyright, 1899. by F. B. Housel 



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PREFACE 



The method explained and outlined in this 
writing is especially designed for teachers who 
are beginning the graded work. Yet the test 
examinations are so composed that they may be 
used in schools previously graded with many 
beneficial results, and with promotion to the 
general educational advantages and interests of 
both pupil and teacher. The principles of the 
system are so arranged and systematized that 
any teacher may readily become acquainted with 
its methods, which will eventually involve the 
whole work of the school. 

The questions are all practical, and many 
pupils of country schools who expect to follow 
some other occupation than teaching, will be- 
come accustomed to the habit of doing good use- 
ful work. A presentation of the principles fol- 
lowed is given in the introduction. 



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CONTENTS 
PAET I 

THE PLAN 

PAGE 

Introduction 9 

How to Introduce the Graded Work 10 

Test Examinations 1& 

PAET II 
The Series of Test Examinations Cover- 
ing the First Term's Work. 
The First of the series, 5th Week of 

School IT 

The Second of the Series, 10th Week.. 42 
The Third of the Series, 15th Week.... 67 

PAET III 
The Series of Test Examinations Cover- 
ing the Second Term's Work. 
The First of the Series, 5th Week of 2nd 

Term 92 

The Second of the Series, 10th Week... 117 
The Third of the Series, 15th Week.... 142 



PART I 



THE PLAN 

Introduction. —It is my candid opinion, after 
several years experience in teaching, that every 
school, large or small, ought to be graded. But 
few teachers realize this fact, not knowing the 
importance, the necessity, and the benefit ob- 
tained by introducing this method of teaching 
in their schools. It is my object in this writing, 
to impress on the minds of the teachers that 
they could not only advance the civilization of 
this vast area of country by promoting the inter- 
ests of education, but also, that they could improve 
their methods of teaching, advance the interests 
of their schools, and gain a far more superior 
reputation as a teacher by pursuing this line of 
study. 

The reasons for these improved conditions are 
evident. First: As aforesaid, the teacher will 
improve his methods of teaching. The basis on 
which this claim is founded is this: The pupil 
will know what his work for the whole term will 
be, allowing him to prepare his lessons as far 
ahead, beforehand, as he wishes, thus securing 
almost constant review, and also, the teacher 

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10 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

will know what part to prepare. Second : The 
teacher will advance the interests of his school. 
By this method employed, the pupils, knowing 
that they will take the commissioner's examina- 
tions, and that if they succeed in them, will get 
a certificate for the term's work in their respec- 
tive grades, and advancing them to the next 
term's work, will naturally with a very little 
encouragement from the teacher take a decided 
start in learning, which secures interest and 
order in your school. Third: The teacher will 
gain a far more superior reputation. Having 
now interest in your school, government which 
might have been an irksome task, will now be- 
come a pleasant duty. Other tasks of the teacher, 
which tend to worry and thus depreciate in value 
any instructor in education, will be of a more 
desirable nature. The teacher, now becoming of 
that frame of mind which all pupils appreciate, 
will soon gain in love and esteem; pupils will 
always be ready to speak a good word for you ; 
parents will soon see that their children are no 
longer spending their time without advancement, 
but are steadily acquiring beneficial knowledge, 
which is a truthful assurance of success on your 
part. 

How to introduce the graded work. — At the be- 
ginning of the first term of school the teacher 
should announce to the pupils that it is his inten- 



THE PLAN 11 

tion to introduce the graded work into the school ; 
at the same time explaining the full mean- 
ing of the work, and drawing as much attention 
to its importance as possible. If you have a 
thought that your important duties will come 
later on, reviewing for examinations, etc., let it 
drop ; your important duties are now, and should 
be done now, as the work must be started right 
to secure successful results. 

During the first few weeks of school the 
teacher should divide his pupils into the grades 
he thinks they are competent of taking. This 
act requires the utmost consideration; some 
pupils will seem to be farther advanced in some 
subjects than in others of the same grade ; and 
a great mistake of many instructors in introduc- 
ing this work is to allow pupils in this condition 
of advancement to continue on in this uneven 
stage of learning. 

The pupil will be taking some subjects in one 
grade and some in another; his mind is not 
wholly attached to any particular part, and per- 
haps he will not receive a certificate for the 
term's work, even though he has passed each 
subject he studied. Get your pupils all even in 
their respective grades, if you do not want con- 
fusion and discouragement to follow. And re- 
member that no pupil should be allowed to take 
the examinations in more than one grade during 



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one year, even though he has studied some sub- 
jects in a higher grade and feels confident of pass- 
ing them. The pupil will advance to these sub- 
jects in due time ; the class will all be even, and 
it will not be necessary for the teacher to give 
his attention to any particular one of the class. 
It would be recommended in dividing the 
pupils into grades, that each one be given a com- 
missioner's examination in the grade next lower 
than the teacher has decided he should be put. 
If he passes this examination, it is apparently 
safe to let him commence work in the grade in 
which he was placed, unless you think that his 
standings recommend him a trial examination 
in a higher grade ; if he does not pass, or does 
not secure a standing good enough to warrant 
success in the grade decided for him, then it 
would be necessary to examine him in lower 
grades until the proper one is found, and then 
transfer him to that grade. Having now arranged 
your pupils in their respective grades, you should 
proceed at once with the work outlined in the 
manual for the term. (If the district should 
not have a manual, one may be secured by 
writing your school commissioner. ) Give all the 
encouragement possible; see that attendance is 
regular; and above all, do not, under any cir- 
cumstances, let interest in your new method flag. 
But the great secret of success in this method of 



THE PLAN 13 

teaching is a system of test examinations regu- 
larly given. 

Test examinations. — These examinations should 
be given every fifth week of school from the 
beginning of each term. They should be made 
out by the teacher, as he knows better than 
anyone else what part of the subject the pupil 
needs the most help on. Commence on this 
work at once and carry it out by securing some 
good practical questions each day; yet remem- 
bering that all questions must be based on the 
parts outlined in the manual, as the commision- 
er's examinations will refer chiefly to these 
special parts. / A very good way to compose 
these examinations is this: During recitation, 
seeing that some pupil does not fully comprehend 
the meaning of a part of this work, select that 
part, and then and there so emphatically explain 
its meaning that the whole class will obtain a 
clear and correct idea of the problem. At the 
close of school at night, add to your list a ques- 
tion referring to the emphasized work. By pur- 
suing this way, the pupils will readily see that 
the questions in the tests refer chiefly to the 
parts which are fully explained ; then remember 
and also express emphasis on the parts most fre- 
quently used in the commissioner's examinations, 
and the results, when these examinations are 
taken, will be crowned with success. 



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It would be recommended that teachers, in 
composing the third test, use the questions 
missed in the first and second tests, making this 
examination a general review of the whole 
term's work. The use of note-books is of 
great value to the pupils, as they may, in the 
rapid recitation, take notes of some explained 
problems, which will serve to refresh their 
memory at some future time; and also, each 
pupil should have a book in which the whole 
recitation could be written day after day, or two 
or three times a week, as the teacher thinks best. 
These written recitations will make a deep im- 
pression on the mind, besides serving as a guide 
in review, and they will so accustom the pupil that 
he will be in a more competent condition to take 
the final examination. 

It is not expected that teachers will have classs 
in all the different grades at any on time ; no 
common school should have more than twenty 
classes, and rarely that, requiring test examina- 
tions. They are not specially needed below 
the fourth grade. 

For the benefit of the teachers introducing this 
work, that they may fully understand the mode 
of composing and conducting the tests, and that 
their duties in this line may be lessened, an out- 
line of the work will be given, and the questions 
for the test examinations for the year's work 



THE PLAN 15 

selected. These questions could be used several 
successive terms, or even until the pupil has 
passed the final year's work; but if you think 
that your pupils are becoming too familiar with 
the questions, examinations may be composed 
materially changing their form. The work is 
designated for one year only. 

That the pupils may become familiar with the 
time when the different subjects occur, thus giv- 
ing them time for an especial review, it is recom- 
mended that teachers in giving their tests, carry 
out the programme give for commissioner's ex- 
aminations. This programme is usually as fol- 
lows: Thursday, A. M., arithmetic; Thursday, 
P. M., geography, writing, and drawing; Fri- 
day, A. M., grammar and language, reading and 
civil government; Friday, P. M., physiology, 
history, and spelling. 



PART II 



The "first " of the series of test examinations 
covering the first term's work. 

To be held on Thursday and Friday of the fifth 
week of school. 

AEITHMETIC 

' FOURTH YEAR 

1. Write in figures (a) nine million twenty- 
seven thousand six hundred eighty-four; (b) 
twenty-seven million sixty-three. 

2. Express in words (a) 2,981,671; (b) 273,- 
772,911. 

3. Write in the Eoman notation (a) 21; (b) 
13; '(c) 57. 

4. A man owed $225 ; he pays $45, $85, $20, 
$15 and $35 at different times; how much does 
he still owe ? 

5. A boy earned $117 in 9 months, how much 
did he receive per month ? 

6. Find the total weight of 4 loads of 
hay weighing as follows: 1,870 lbs., 1,964 lbs. 
2,041 lbs. and 1,175 lbs. 

7. Sold 16 sheep at $4 each and 32 calves at 
$8 each; how much more did I receive for the 
calves than the sheep ? 

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8. Write in figures (a) sixteen dollars forty- 
five cents ; (6) twenty-five dollars four cents ; (c) 
one hundred eighteen dollars seven cents. 

9. In one apple how many halves ? thirds ? 
fifths? sevenths? 

10. Fred having a whole apple gave a quarter 
to each of his two sisters ; what part had he left ? 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. (a) Write all the prime numbers from 1 to 
50 ; (b) all the composite numbers. 

2. Find the greatest common divisor of 18, 
24, 30, 36, 42. 

3. What is the least common multiple of 7, 
35, 98 ? 

4. (a) How many sets of factors in the num- 
ber 24 ? (b) What are they ? 

5. If a boy spends 20 cents a week for candy 
and 40 cents for tobacco, how much will he 
spend in two years ? 

6. Find the cost of 98 tubs of butter, each 
weighing 256 pounds, at 24 cents per pound. 

7. A field is 48 rods long; what is its length 
in feet ? 

8. I have three bales of cotton weighing as 
follows: 221 i lbs., 243f lbs., and 334| lbs.; 
what is the weight of all ? 

9. Find the amount of the following bill: 

18 lbs. sugar @ $ .06 
12 lbs. tea @ .26 



ARITHMETIC 19 

14 lbs. coffee @ .60 

26 lbs. rice @ .04 

10. Define (a) prime number; (6) composite 
number ; (c) least common multiple ; (d) greatest 
common divisor. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Find a common factor of (a) 63 and 81; (6) 
52 and 91. 

2. A man walked in three days 8^ miles, 
11-^g- miles and 18-ff miles respectively; how far 
did he traVel in all ? 

3. I exchanged 56 J pounds of butter, worth 20 
cents a pound, and 48 dozen eggs, worth 17| 
cents a dozen, for sugar, at 5f cents a pound; 
how many pounds of sugar should I receive ? 

4. What is the value of f f 6 * . 

61f less 24f 

5. A person owing -^^ of a factory, sold at 
different times / F , gV and -g^; how much did 
he still own ? 

6. Write the following decimals: seven hun- 
dred sixty-three milhonths, two hundred twenty 
and fifty-six thousandths. 

7. Eeduce (a) ^toa decimal; (6) .00375 to a 
fraction. 

8. A person bought land as follows: twenty- 
six and eighteen thousandths acres ; seventy- six 
hundredths acres ; three hundred fifty and fifty- 



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six ten-thousandths acres ; how much did he pur- 
chase in all ? 

9. A man owning f of a farm, sold J of his 
share ; what decimal part of the whole farm did 
he still own ? 

10. Define (a) fraction ; (b) mixed number ; (c) 
terms; (d) decimal. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Write a bill for the following items, using 
your own and your classmate's name: 

6 yds. ribbon @ $ .14 
12 yds. cashmere @ 1.25 
16 yds. silk @ 1.35 

6 doz. buttons @ .25 

2. At $65 per ton, how many pounds of rail- 
road iron can be bought for $117,715 ? 

3. What will it cost to carpet a room 28 ft. 
long, 20 feet wide, with carpet a yard wide, 
worth 75 cents a yard, the strips to run length- 
wise ? 

4. Find the cost of digging a cellar 30 feet 
long, 24 feet wide, and 12 feet deep, at 25 cents 
a cubic yard. 

5. Find the cost of plastering the walls and 
ceiling of a room 20 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 
10 feet high, at 25 cents per square yard, allow- 
ing 148 square feet for doors and windows. 

6. How many times will the wheel of a 
locomotive 19 feet in circumference turn around 
in going 9 J miles ? 



ARITHMETIC 21 

7. (a) How many gallons would a cistern 9 
feet by 7 feet contain ; (b) how many bushels in 
a bin of the same size ? 

8. (a) How many cords of wood in a pile 96 
feet high ? (b) How many cords in a pile 80 
feet long 7 feet high and 6 feet wide ? 

9. How many stones each 2 feet square would 
be required to lay a walk a mile long ? 

10. Define (a) reduction ascending; (b) reduc- 
tion descending; (c) give the fundamental rule 
for performing problems in each. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Make a view showing the classifications of 
numbers. 

2. A load of hay weighing 2,280 pounds is 
sold for $12.25 per ton. Find the value of the 
load. 

3. Eeduce 4 square rods 3 square feet to the 
fraction of an acre. 

4. A broker sells stocks to the amount of 
$10,300 and receives $257.50; what is his rate 
of commission ? 

5. Bought a horse for $125 and sold him for 
$160 ; what is my gain per cent ? 

6. The expenses of a school district amount to 
$290; the amount of public money received is 
$110.75; if the assessed valuation of the dis- 
trict is $90,680, what would be my tax on an 
assessment of $4,100 ? 



22 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

7. A factory, valued at $57,960, is insured for 
1 year at 1} per cent for § of its value ; if de- 
stroyed by fire what would be the loss of (a) the 
owner ; (b) the company ? 

8. Sold 25 barrels of apples for $69.15 and 
thereby gained 24 per cent; how much did 
they cost me per barrel ? 

9. Eemitted $603.75 to my agent in Boston 
for the purchase of broadcloth; if my agent's 
commission is 5 per cent, how many yards, 
costing $2.50 per yard should I receive ? 

10. Define (a) commission; (6) percentage; 
(c) bill; (d) currency. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. The first price on a piano is $500, and trade 
discounts of 30^, 20^ and 10% are allowed; 
find net price. 

2. Find the cost of (a) 28,880 feet of lumber 
at $15 per M; (b) 1,980 pounds of hay at 50 
cents per C. 

3. Which is the better investment and how 
much, U. S. 6's bought at 87 or Maryland 5's 
bought at 77 ? 

4. What is the sum of f of a square rod, J of a 
square yard and f of a square inch ? 

5. A person, after travelling eastward from 
New York, finds that his watch has lost 5 hours 
30 minutes of time. If the longitude of New 



GEOGRAPHY 23 

York is 74° V W., how far and which way from 
the meridian of Greenwich is he ? 

6. An agent receives a remittance of $2,672.50 
with which to purchase wheat at 90 cents a 
bushel; if the agent's commission is 3%, how 
many bushels ought the purchaser to receive ? 

7. Note: — Date, January 10, 1887. Time, 5 
years. Face, $650. Payment December 6, 1890, 
$200 ; how much is due at maturity ? 

8. The interest on $180 for 1 year 2 months 
and 6 days is $12.78 ; what is the rate % ? 

9. What is the present worth and discount of 
a note of $2,015, due in 2 years and 20 days, 
money being worth 7 per cent ? 

10. Define (a) discount ; (b) interest ; (c) usury ; 
{d) invoice. 

GEOGKAPHY 

FOURTH YEAR 

Note. — Writing should be judged from the 
answer papers of geography. 

1. If you stand facing the sun at noon, what 
direction is on your (a) left ; (6) right ? 

2. By a drawing illustrate a peninsula. 

3. Where are the following wild animals found : 
seal, bear, elephant, and lion ? 

4. Name the five zones, (b) In which zone 
do you live ? 

5-6. Name the five races of peoples and tell 
what part of the earth is inhabited by each. 



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7. Where does tobacco grow ? 

8. What is the cause of the change of seasons ? 

9. What is the climate at the equator ? 

10. Tell the directions you go in coming and 
going home from school. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. What hemisphere contains the most (a) 
land ; (b) water ? 

2. What oceans border on Asia ? 

4. Draw an outline map of North America. 

5. Indicate on the above map the boundary 
lines of the different countries. 

6. Locate on the map three peninsulas. 

7. Locate on the map five important cities. 

8. What are the chief exports of the United 
States ? 

9. In what part of the United States is ship- 
building extensively carried on ? 

10. What is the cause of (a) day and night; 
(b) change of seasons ? 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Of what three races of people are most of 
the inhabitants of the United States ? 

2. What is the most northern point ever 
reached by the vertical rays of the sun ? 

3. What States border on the Atlantic ocean ? 

4. Of what States does the Ohio river form 
partial boundaries ? 



GEOGRAPHY 25 

5. Name in order the five largest cities in the 
United States. 

6. Name the countries which border on Lake 
Ontario. 

7. Describe the following rivers: Mackenzie, 
Yukon, Eio Grande. 

8. Name four cities located on the Mississippi. 

9. Name a State which produces large quan- 
tities of (a)corn ; (b) wheat ; (c) tobacco ; (d) rice ; 
(e) cotton. 

10. In what State are the most coal and iron 
found ? 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Draw an outline map of South America. 

2. Locate on the map four capes. 

3. Name the capital city and the form of gov- 
ernment of each country of South America. 

5. Draw to represent the Amazon river sys- 
tem, the rivers to flow in their natural directions. 

6. Name four islands which are detached por- 
tions of the mainland of South America. 

7. Give the chief exports of (a) Brazil; (b) 
Argentine Kepublic ; (c) Guiana ; (d) Chili. 

8. Give a brief description of the natural 
features of South America. 

9. What names are applied to the plains of the 
Amazon, Orinoco and La Plata rivers ? 

10. Give a general description of the climate 
of South America. 



26 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

EIGHTH YEAR 

No examinations in geography will be given 
for this year. It is expected that pupils having 
ample time will review the preceding work. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. When do the sun's rays fall vertically upon 
the (a) tropic of Capricorn; (6) tropic of can- 
cer ; (c) equator ? 

2. (a) Name the four divisions of standard 
time, (b) What meridian governs each division ? 

3. What are the natural sources of wealth of 
Alaska ? 

4. Describe the following rivers: Penobscot, 
Orange, Obi, Ganges. 

5. (a) What are tides; (b) how caused; (c) 
why do the tides rise to such a great height in 
the Bay of Fundy ? 

6. Name all the natural boundaries of the 
United States. 

7. Name four modifications of climate. 

8. Name two republics of (a) North America; 
(6) South America ; (c) Europe. 

9. State the chief export of (a) Java; (b) 
Sandwich Islands; (c) China. 

10. Define (a) promontory; (6) isthmus; (c) 
volcano; (d) peninsula. 

DEAWING 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Name (a) the six standard colors; (b) the 
twelve intermediate hues. 



DRAWING 27 

2. How many (a) faces ; (6) edges has the cube? 

3. A slate is 14 inches long and 10 inches 
wide; draw an outline of it, scale \" to 1". 

4. Draw (a) a right angle ; (b) an acute angle. 

5. Draw the plan and elevation of a square 
prism. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. (a) What is dominant harmony ? (6) Name 
three colors which when properly combined 
might produce dominant harmony. 

2. Draw a horizontal line 6" long and bisect 
it, using the compass. 

3. Draw the pattern of a block of wood 18" 
long, 12" wide and 12" thick, scale \" to 1". 

4. Draw the plan and elevation of a square 
prism. Dimensions optional. 

5. Sketch within an outline 10" by 4", a strip 
of common border, using some flower in repeti- 
tion which you have previously practiced on. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Which of the six positive spectrum colors 
are classed as (a) primary ; (b) secondary ? 

2. Conventionalize some simple blossom, as 
the daisy or pear. 

3. Draw the plan and elevation of an equilat- 
eral triangular prism. 

4. Draw the pattern for a cover of a book 8" 
long, 6" wide, 2" thick, scale \" to 1". 

5. (a) Sketch a cube, and (b) modify to repre- 



28 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

sent a square basket filled with apples, and shade 
same. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Name the color complementary to each of 
the six positive spectrum colors. 

2. (a) What is an angle ? (b) Name and draw 
two kinds of angles. 

3. Draw the front, top and bottom view of a 
hemisphere. 

4. Draw the pattern of a basket 3" long, 2" 
wide. The handle may be drawn separately. 

5. (a) Sketch an ellipsoid, and (b) modify to 
represent a lemon and shade. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. (a) Name the color complementary to violet ; 
(b) name three warm and three cool colors. 

2. Make a working drawing of a cone, altitude 
2", diameter of base 1". 

3. Inscribe within a circle (a) a square ; (b) an 
equilateral triangle. 

4. (a) Draw the pattern of a triangular prism. 
(b) Modify a triangular prism to represent a 
water trough. 

5. Make a sketch of a hen-house with fowls 
going out and in, and shade. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. (a) Name four kinds of harmony, and (b) 
explain two of them. 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 29 

2. Inscribe a circle within an isosceles triangle, 
the base of which is 2", altitude 2J". 

3. Draw (a) the horizontal, and (b) the vertical 
cross- sections of a spool. 

4. Define botanical drawing. 

5. Make a working drawing of a 2"' cube with 
a hole through the centre, the diameter of which 
is £". 

GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 

• FOURTH YEAR 

1. Write a sentence using two of your school- 
mates' names. 

2. Write a sentence asking a question. 

3. Write a letter to your mother. Give proper 
attention to form. 

4. Form the plurals of the following words : 
boy, man, calf, horse. 

5-10. Write a composition of not less than 100 
words on any one of the following subjects: 
base ball ; a thunderstorm ; my pet. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Write sentences showing the difference be- 
tween the meaning of right and write. ■ 

2. Form the plurals of the following words: 
tooth, knife, board, life, foot. 

3. Upon the stem gent build two Engish words 
and define them. 



30 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

4. In the sentence " The little child fell upon 
the hard sharp stones," tell all the adjectives. 

5. Tell the subject and predicate of the sen- 
tence used in question 4. 

6-10. Write a description of your home, giv- 
ing its location, and telling about the house, 
barn, etc. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. (a) Write a sentence containing two clauses, 
and (b) give the subject and predicate of each. 

2. (a) What is comparison? (6) Name and 
define the three degrees of comparison. 

3. Write sentences illustrating the proper use 
of rise and raise. 

4. Upon the stems cede and ceed, build two 
English words and define each of them. 

5. Write a sentence with a compound subject 
and compound predicate. 

6. Give the principal parts of (a) see; (b) run. 
7-10. Write a composition of at least 150 

words on one of the following subjects: our 
Arbor Day exercises ; a fishing trip. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

The loafer seems to be created for no other pur- 
pose than keeping up the ancient order of idle- 
ness. — Irving. 

The first five questions refer to the above 
selection. 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 31 

1. Select all the phrases. 

2. Select all the nouns, verbs and adjectives. 

3. Give the principal parts of (a) seems; (6) 
be; (c) keep. 

4. Select (a) an infinitive ; (b) sl participle. 

5.. Classify the sentence as to form and use. 

6. Name three kinds of verbs and define each. 

7. Define and illustrate (a) root; (b) prefix; (c) 
suffix. 

8. Give four common rules for the use of cap- 
ital letters and illustrate each. 

9-10. Make a view showing the classification 
of nouns and pronouns, and all their properties 
except case. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

Don't waste your life in doubts and fears; 
spend yourself on the work before you, well 
assured that the right performance of this hour's 
duies will be the best preparation for the hours 
and ages that follow it. — Emerson. 

Questions 1 to 7 inclusive refer to the above 
selection. 

1. Classify the clauses. 

2. Classify all verbs as (a) transitive or intransi- 
tive; (6) active or passive. 

3. Give the syntax of life, doubts, duties, that. 

4. Select the adjectives and compare all that 
admit of comparison. 



32 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

5. Select all the connectives and tell what each 
connects. 

6. Give the principal parts of spend, be, fol- 
low, waste. 

7. Classify the sentence as to form and use. 

8. Decline the pronouns Zand he. 

9-10. Conjugate the verb go in the active 
voice, through all the moods and tenses. 

NINTH YEAR 

A nation may establish itself in a country 
either by imigration in a body, or by sending 
forth a colony ; and when a nation takes posses- 
sion of a vacant country, and settles a colony 
there, that country naturally becomes a part of 
the principal establishment, or mother country. 

Questions 1 to 6 inclusive refer to the above 
selection. 

1. Classify all the clauses. 

2. Select and classify all the connectives. 

3. Parse may establish, naturally, establish- 
ment. 

4. Give the syntax of nation, body, itself, 
colony, possession. 

5-6. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the fore- 
going selection. 

7. Upon the roots con and quent, form three 
English words and define each. 

8. When has the pronoun what a double con- 
struction in regard to case ? Illustrate. 



READING — CIVIL GOVERNMENT 33 

9. When is a modifier classed as (a) adjective; 
(6) adverbial ? 

10. Write sentences using the infinitive as the 

(a) subject; (6) predicate. 

BEADING 

The teacher should make a selection at the 
time of holding each test examination of some 
piece with which the pupils are not familiar, 
equal in difficulty to that which is given for the 
term. In regard to marking the standings at- 
tained, position, pronunciation, enunciation, 
fluency and expression should be the basis on 
which credits are given. 

CIVIL GOVEKNMENT 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Name five town officers and give a duty of 
each. 

2. Name five different kinds of districts into 
which this State is divided, and define each. 

3. (a) Name the officers of a school district. 

(b) Which one receives pay ? 

4. (a) How are the officers of a school district 
elected ? (b) What are the qualifications of a 
voter at school meeting ? (c) How may vacancies 
in school district offices be filled ? 

5. Give three duties of (a) sheriff; (b) surro- 
gate ; (c) district attorney. 



34 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

6. Give (a) the term, (b) the salary, and (c) 
three duties of the school commissioner. 

7. What is the chief officer of a city called? 

8. Define (a) law; (b) civil rights. 

9-10. Make a view showing the officers acting 
under each of the three departments of govern- 
ment in (a) district ; (b) town ; (c) county. 

PHYSIOLOGY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. What is our natural drink ? 

2. What are the evil effects of wearing tight 
shoes ? 

3. Name three foods which are healthful. 

4. Why should we exercise in the open air ? 

5. Why should we bathe frequently ? 

6. Should children use tea and coffee ? Why ? 

7. What is the skeleton ? 

8. How will cigarette smoking effect a boy in 
his classes ? 

9. What is the skin ? 

10. Of what use are the bones ? 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. State the uses of the skin. 

2. What is the spine and what is its function ? 

3. Locate (a) femur; (b) humerus. 

4. Give the three principal uses of the bones. 

5. What is the difference between the bones 
of children and of aged people ? 



PHYSIOLOGY 35 

6. What kind of a joint is found at the 
shoulder ? 

7. About how many muscles in the body ? 

8. Where is the blood purified? 

9. Through what passages does the air get to 
the lungs ? 

10. What is the effect of beer-drinking ? 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. What is the epidermis ? 

2. Why is it harmful to breathe air the second 
time? 

3. What is the function of (a) the veins; (6) 
the arteries ? 

4. Name a food specially adapted to making 
muscles. 

5. Describe the spinal column and give its use. 

6. Make a list of eight bones found in the limbs. 

7. Name three foods which contain starch. 

8. What is the organ of digestion? 

9. How may the stomach be injured ? 

10. Cigarette smoking has what effect on the 
Mood? 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) function; (6) organ. 

2. How is voice produced ? 

3. Give causes of poor circulation. 

4. Name and locate the long bones of the body. 

5. Give an example of (a) a voluntary muscle; 
(b) an involuntary muscle. 



36 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

6. What and where is the spinal cord? 

7. What is the perspiration ? 

8. Name the organs of (a) circulation; (b) 
respiration and voice. 

9. Why are certain bones hollow ? 

10. What is the effect of the use of tobacco 
on the organs of circulation ? 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Name the organs of voice. 

2. What organ secretes the bile ? 

3. Name five substances needed in our food. 
4-5. Beginning at the left auricle, tell each 

organ the blood passes through until it reaches 
the left auricle again. 

6. Of what does the nervous system consist ? 

7. What is the portal vein and what is its use ? 

8. (a) How is the peristaltic movement of the 
stomach produced ? (b) What is the use of this 
movement ? 

9. What is the difference between voice and 
speech ? 

10. Why is the use of tobacco hurtful, especi- 
ally to boys ? 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Name the three membranes surrounding 
the brain and give the function of each. 

2. What is reflex action ? Illustrate. 

3. Name the three pairs of salivary glands 
and locate each. 



HISTORY 37 

4. Describe the structure of the stomach. 

5. Define (a) iris; (b) cornea; (c) retina. 

6. What is the pylorus and what is its use? 

7. What are the organs of absorption in the 
stomach ? 

8. Give three evil effects of rapid eating. 

9. What is the function of the (a) motory 
nerves ; (b) sensory nerves ? 

10. What is the effect of alcohol on the nerv- 
ous system ? 

HISTOEY 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Give an account of the first introduction of 
slaves into this country. 

2. (a) Who were the Northmen, and (b) what 
traces are left of their having been in America ? 

3. Name and give the dates of three inter- 
colonial wars. 

4. What was the result of the French and 
Indian war ? 

5. Name the thirteen original colonies. 

6. Name three Spanish explorers and tell 
where each explored. 

7. By whose explorations did the French lay 
claim to Louisiana ? 

8. For how long was New York a Dutch colony? 

9. Who was the founder of Pennsylvania ? 

10. Write a description of the manner of liv- 
ing of the American Indians. 



38 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Describe the condition of the United States 
at the close of the war of 1812. 

2. What was the (a) Monroe doctrine; (6) 
Missouri compromise ? 

3. To what political party did each of the fol- 
lowing men belong: (a) James Madison; (b) 
Henry Clay; (c) Andrew Jackson; (d) John 
Tyler ? 

4. Describe (a) Dorr's rebellion ; (b) Clayborne's 
rebellion. 

5. (a) What two disputes arose over boundary 
lines between 1835-50 ? (b) How was each 
settled ? 

6. (a) Name six battles of the Mexican war, 
and (b) describe two of them. 

7. What was the Wilmot proviso ? 

8. What was the great political topic of Tay- 
lor and Fillmore's administration ? 

9. Describe (a) the Dred Scott decision; (b) 
Kansas- Nebraska bill. 

10. Write an account of the election in the 
fall of 1860. 



SPELLING 



39 



SPELLING 



FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS 



1. book, 

2. sheep, 

3. winter, 

4. dinner, 

5. valley, 

6. apple, 

7. door, 

8. our, ' 

9. house, 

10. Albany, 

11. geography, 

12. eyes, 

13. some, 

14. write, 

15. where, 

16. soon, 
IT. people, 

18. clover, 

19. older, 

20. evening, 

21. eighteen, 

22. moon, 

23. hear, 

24. chair, 

25. Christmas, 



26. flock, 

27. Germany, 

28. goose, 

29. forbid, 

30. flower, 

31. bird, 

32. brush, 

33. seashore, 

34. contented,, 

35. creek, 

36. potato, 

37. tomato, 

38. stones, 

39. lumber, 

40. staves, 

41. barrel, 

42. lazy, 

43. berry, 

44. named, 

45. itself, 

46. thirteen, 

47. New York, 

48. lasting, 

49. grapes, 

50. hardness. 



40 



GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



SIXTH AND SEVENTH YEARS 



1. arithmetic, 

2. fully, 

3. chimney, 

4. excused, 

5. participle, 

6. Onondaga, 

7. seething, 

8. length, 

9. confused, 

10. secreted, 

11. quickly, 

12. continue, 

13. sliding, 

14. serious, 

15. include, 

16. Indians, 
IT. single, 

18. prose, 

19. poetry, 

20. Thursday, 

21. hygiene, 

22. nineteen, 

23. calves, 

24. decimal, 

25. easier, 



26. adjective, 

27. wherefore, 

28. picture, 

29. vinegar, 

30. vegetable, 

31. cities, 

32. lettuce, 

33. precious, 

34. acre, 

35. condition, 

36. measles, 

37. system, 

38. method, 

39. nervous, 

40. eighth, 

41. certain, 

42. otherwise, 

43. rapidity, 

44. Missouri, 

45. canteen, 

46. soldier, 

47. settled, 

48. section, 

49. Genesee, 

50. final. 



SPELLING 



41 



EIGHTH AND NINTH YEARS 



1. idea, 

2. aquatic, 

3. secluded 

4. adequate, 

5. hyphen, 

6. icicle, 

7. kerosene, 

8. ignorance, 

9. humorist, 

10. heiress, 

11. supposition, 

12. independent, 

13. quinine, 

14. externally, 

15. bees- wax, 

16. February, 
IT. delirious, 

18. christen, 

19. reservoir, 

20. chronometer, 

21. equalize, 

22. chivalry, 

23. porcelain, 

24. topioca, 

25. Minnesota, 



26. diamond, 

27. bouquet, 

28. maintain, 

29. physiology, 

30. macaroni, 

31. islet, 

32. mortise, 

33. cornice, 

34. eligibility, 

35. embezzlement, 

36. polygon, 

37. incendiary, 

38. isothermal, 

39. celebrated, 

40. confluence, 

41. scalene, 

42. ability, 

43. restaurant, 

44. necessary, 

45. masculine, 

46. isthmus, 

47. sachem, 

48. victuals, 

49. zenith, 

50. camera. 



The " second" of the series of test examinations 
covering the first term?s work. 

To be held on Thursday and Friday of the 
tenth week of school. 

AEITHMETIC 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Write in figures (a) six million seventeen 
thousand two hundred four; (6) twenty-six mil- 
lion twenty- six thousand twenty- one. 

2. Express in words (a) 26,003,079; (6) 
211,364,070. 

3. Write in the Eoman notation (a) 56; (b) 
67; (c) 79. 

4. Gave $2.25 for a hat, $16.50 for a suit of 
clothes, $3.50 for a pair of shoes; if I gave the 
store-keeper a $20 bill and a $5 bill, how much 
ought he to return ? 

5. Change (a) $56 to cents; (b) 2,225 cents to 
dollars. 

6. Bought 24 crocks of butter, each contain- 
ing 10 pounds, at 18 cents per pound. Find cost. 

7. A person bought 14 yards of cloth for 
what did it cost per yard ? 

8. Give the table for United States money. 

(42) 



ARITHMETIC 43 

9. Lucy having f of an orange, gave f of it 
to her sister ; what part had she left ? 

10. Find the amount of the following bill: 



12 lbs. 


sugar 


@ 1 


i .06 


8 lbs. 


rice 


@ 


.04 


11 doz. 


buttons 


@ 


.09 


16 yds, 


, cloth 


@ 


.10 




FIFTH YEAR 





1. Write (a) all the even, (6) all the odd num- 
bers between 50 and 100. 

2. Define (a) an abstract, (b) a concrete num- 
ber, and (c) give an example of each. 

3. A man earns $2,000 a year. If he buys a 
piano worth $500, and pays $40 a month for liv- 
ing, how much does he save in the year ? 

4. Two boys started from the same point and 
ran in opposite directions; after one had run 
20§ miles and the other 24f miles, how far apart 
were they ? 

5. A lady went shopping and bought articles 
costing as follows: $4|, $20f, $19J, $2|; what 
was the cost of all ? 

6. What will 17 pounds of opium cost at 20 
cents an ounce ? 

7. Bought cattle at $27| per head and sold 
them at a loss of $2f per head; what was the 
selling price ? 

8. The distance around a circular island is 984 
rods. If a boy walks at the rate of 12 rods per 



44 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

minute, how long will it take him to walk 
around the island ? 

9. From the number 1,140, select all the prime 
factors. 

10. In the number 40, how many sets of fac- 
tors and what are they ? 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Express in words (a) 1,012,067; (b) -J-f- ; (c) 
27^-V; (d) 117.6254. 

2. If 6 1 pounds of sugar cost 36 J cents, how 
much must be paid for 19 J pounds ? 

3. Simplify 

q x i) -s- (6| - a) 

f + 41 -2J 

4. A man worked 14 J days, and after spend- 
ing f of all his wages had $16 left; how much 
did he receive per day ? 

5. Bought 204 sheep at $1J per head of one 
man and 409 at $2 T V of another; afterwards 
sold them all at 12 per head; did I gain or lose 
and how much ? 

6. A father left his elder son f of his estate, 
his younger son f , and his daughter the remain- 
der, which was $4,000; what was the value of 
the estate ? 

7. From the first branch to the top of a cer- 
tain tree is f of its height ; the first branch is 70 
feet from the ground ; how tall is the tree ? 

8. If a bushel of wheat is worth 2.18 bushels 



ARITHMETIC 45 

of corn, how many bushels of corn must be 
given for 14.98 bushels of wheat ? 

9. Using your own and your classmate's 
name, make out and receipt the following bill: 

26 yds. ribbon @ $ .15 
19 yds. calico @ .12 
29 yds. cashmere @ 1.12 J 
80 doz. buttons @ .24 
19 spools thread @ .06 

10, Define (a) numerator; (b) denominator; 
(c) prime number ; (d) composite number. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) reduction; (b) compound num- 
ber ; (c) decimal fraction. 

2. At 26 J cents a foot, how many feet of 
track can be bought for $530 ? 

3. Find the cost of carpeting a room 26 feet 
long, 22 feet wide, with carpet } of a yard wide, 
costing 75 cents per linear yard, the strips to run 
lengthwise. 

4. What are the dimensions of a board foot ? 

5. How much inch lumber would be required 
to build a tight board fence 6 feet high around a 
field 40 rods long and 26 rods wide ? 

6. How many spoons each weighing 2 oz. 15 
pwt. can be made from 22 pounds of silver ? 

7. At 40 cents a roll, find the cost of paper- 
ing the walls and ceiling of a room 20 feet long, 
18 feet wide and 9 feet high, allowing 40 square 



46 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

feet for doors and windows, each roll being 3 
feet wide and 20 feet long. 

8. What would, it cost to plaster the room 
mentioned in question 7 at 25 cents per square 
yard? 

9. (a) How many inches in 20 fathoms ? (b) 
How many feet in 70 hands ? 

10. Using your own and your classmate's 
name, make out and receipt the following bill: 

7 J lbs. beefsteak @ $ .12 



10 lbs sirloin 


@ 


.Hi 


24 lbs. fish 


@ 


.14 


19 lbs. pork 


@ 


.07J 


EIGHTH 


YEAR 





1. Express decimally 4 %, 43 %, 112 % and 19 J % ; 
fractionally 12 %, 116 % and \ %. 

2. A person bought 2,000 barrels of apples, 
and afterwards on inspecting them found that 
180 barrels had spoiled; what per cent did he 
lose? 

3. Find the interest on a note of $220, given 
August 1, 1880, and due January 10, 1884. 
Eate 7i%. 

4. The interest on a note is $40 ; rate 7 % ; time 
2 J years ; what is the principal ? 

5. The time on a note of $200 is 3 years 4 
months ; the interest $40 ; what is the rate ? 

6. A man buys 120 dozen eggs at 12 cents per 
dozen, and after losing 8 dozen by breakage, sells 



ARITHMETIC 47 

the remainder at 14 cents per dozen ; what is his 
gain per cent ? 

7. Reduce 1 barrel 3 quarts 1 gill to the frac- 
tion of a hogshead. 

8. What is the value of .1625825 of a month? 

9. An agent sells goods to the amount of 
$5,784.96 on Z\% commission; how much should 
he receive ? 

10. The amount of tax to be raised for a cer- 
tain city is $28,290; what would be my tax on 
property assessed at $29,860, if the assessed 
valuation of the city is $118,891,200 ? 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) ratio; (b) proportion; (c) power; 
(d) factor. 

2. When it is noon at Greenwich, what is the 
time at New York, 74° V west? 

3. Three men agree to do a certain piece of 
work for $180; the first works 24 J days, the 
second 21^ days and the third 32 J days; what 
amount should each receive ? 

4. Successive trade discounts of 20$, 18$ and 
10 % are equal to what one single discount ? 

5. If 8 men, working 10 hours a day for 19 
days, can build 10 rods of single railroad track, 
how many rods of double track can 40 men, 
working 8 J hours a day for 90 days build ? 
(Solve by proportion.) 

6. Two persons, Henry and John, start from 



48 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

cities 187 J miles apart and travel towards each 
other until they meet ; if Henry travels | faster 
than John, how far will he get from his starting 
place ? 

7. Bought 56 shares of railroad stock at 94; 
sold f of it at 107 and the remainder at 80; did 
I gain or lose and how much per cent ? 

8. What is the difference between the true and 
bank discount of a note of $850, given for 2 
years 9 months and 12 days, money being worth 
7^? 

9. What will be the cost in Albany of a draft 
on Buffalo for $618, payable 30 days^after sight, 
exchange being at \\% premium ? 

10. Extract the square root of 17.375. Cor- 
rect to 4 decimal places. 

OEOGEAPHY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) mountain; (b) hill; (c) valley. 

2. Name four occupations of the people in 
your vicinity. 

3. What is a cape ? Illustrate by a drawing. 

4. Define (a) island; (b) river; (c) lake. 

5. What part of the United States produces 
large quantities of cotton ? 

6. Name five wild animals and tell where each 
is found. 

7. Name the grand divisions of (a) the eastern, 
(b) the western continent. 



GEOGRAPHY 49 

8. How many motions has the earth ? What 
are they ? 

9. What is climate ? 

10. What is the cause of day and night ? 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Name the five races of people and give the 
color of each. 

2. What country of Europe is (a) the largest ; 
(b) the most powerful ? 

3. What is the approximate distance across 
the United States from east to west ? 

4. (a) What is commerce ? (b) Name two 
kinds of commerce. 

5. What are the chief exports of Europe ? 

6. Draw an outline map of South America. 

7. Locate on the above map five countries by 
writing the name of each country in the place 
it is located. 

8. Locate on the map three important rivers. 

9. Locate on the map five important cities. 

10. Define (a) isthmus; (6) strait; (c) moun- 
tain system. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Name the principal rivers of which the Mis- 
sissippi river system is composed. 

2. Between what States do each of the follow- 
ing rivers flow: (a) Missouri; (b) Columbia; (c) 
Colorado ? 



50 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

3. Name the States bordering on (a) Gulf of 
Mexico; (b) Pacific ocean. 

4. (a) What group, of large islands southeast 
of the United States ? (b) Give names of the 
four principal islands. 

5. What parallel forms the northern boundary 
of the United States ? 

6. Name in order the five largest cities in the 
State. 

7. Describe the following rivers : (a) Lena; (b) 
Amoor; (c) Tiber. 

8. What three great railroads cross the Kocky 
mountains ? 

9. (a) Where is the Great Basin ? (6) Describe it. 

10. (a) What State now produces the most 
sugar ? (b) Where is the greatest cotton market 
in the world ? 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Draw an outline map of Europe. 

2. Locate on the above map the boundary 
lines of each country. 

3. Locate on the map the five largest cities. 

4. Name six seas, gulfs or bays which indent 
the coast of Europe. 

5. What and where are each of the following: 
Ural, Etna, Tiber, Crete, Genoa, Dover. 

6. Name the capital city and the form of gov- 
ernment of each country of Europe. 



GEOGRAPHY 51 

7. Name and describe six important rivers of 
Europe. 

8. What mountains form the great water-shed 
of Europe ? 

9. Name an export of (a) England; (b) Eussia; 
(c) Spain; (d) Greece. 

10. Name three things which modify the cli- 
mate of Europe. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. What influence has the Gulf Stream on the 
climate of the western coast of Europe ? 

2. Name two countries of Europe the govern- 
ments of which are absolute monarchies. 

3. (a) What is an earthquake ? (b) How 
caused ? (c) Why do they generally occur near 
the coast ? 

4. Locate the following cities: Vienna, Mad- 
ras, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Marseilles. 

5. Name the chief characteristics of the three 
great river plains of South America. 

6. Name four European cities connected with 
New York by steamship lines. 

7. (a) Name two canals in this State, and (b) 
tell what waters each connect. 

8. What and where are each of the following: 
Hecla, Athens, Abyssinia, Tchad, Anticosti ? 

9. Upon what is civilization based ? 

10. Name in order the bodies of water tra- 
versed on a voyage from Hamburg to Calcutta. 



52 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

DRAWING 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Of the six positive spectrum colors name (a) 
the warm, (b) the cool colors. 

2. Draw the pattern of a box 12" long, S fr 
wide and 6" thick. 

3. Draw the plan and elevation of the box 
named in question 2. 

4. Draw the front face of a square prism 6 /A 
by 3", scale J" to 1". 

5. Draw to represent a table and a chair, and 
shade. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. How may (a) a shade, (6) a tint of a color 
be produced ? 

2. Draw a foot ruler, making inches and half- 
inches, scale \" to V . 

3. Draw the plan and elevation of a triangular 
prism. 

4. Draw the pattern of a cubical box with a 
hinged lid attaced. 

5. Sketch to represent in perspective a box 
in the form of a square prism, placed horizontally 
and filled with vegetables, and shade. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. (a) What is a complementary harmony ? 
(b) Name the color complementary to orange. 



DRAWING 53 

2. Draw an outline of a yard ruler, marking 
feet and half feet, scale \" to V . 

3. Draw the pattern of a square pyramid, 
base 2", altitude 4", scale §" tc 1". 

4. Draw (a) a right angled triangle; (b) an 
isosceles triangle. 

5. Sketch to represent a sunset scene on the 
ocean, taking the view from the mountains. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Name and define three kinds of harmonies. 

2. Conventionalize some simple blossom. 

3. Compare the square pyramid and cone as 
to (a) number, shape and kinds of faces; (b) 
number of corners and edges. 

4. Draw between parallel lines 2 inches apart 
a border composed of right-angled triangles. 

5. Sketch a cylinder with a cube on one side 
and a sphere on the other, and shade. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. (a) How many and what colors cannot be 
produced by mixing other colors ? (b) What 
name is applied to these colors ? 

2. Make a working drawing of a spool, using 
dotted lines to show the connection of parts. 

3. Draw an oblong 4" by 2", using a scale of 
(a) \" to 1"; (b) 1J" to 1". 

4. Conventionalize a small bunch of apple 
blossoms. 



54 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

5. Draw a cube in (a) angular, (b) parallel 
perspective. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. (a) State a simple experiment of finding a 
color complementary to a given color, (b) Name 
the color complementary to orange. 

2. Draw the pattern of a small toy-house, the 
base of which is an oblong. 

3. Draw angles whose inclination is (a) 30° ; 
(6)45°; (c) 60°. 

4. Conventionalize some simple plant. 

5. Circumscribe a circle about a scalene tri- 
angle whose sides are 3J" and 2J" and \\" 
respectively. 

GKAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Write sentences properly using the words 
lie and lay. 

2. Change the following question to a sen- 
tence : Did General Washington ever falter ? 

3. Abbreviate (a) forenoon; (b) mountains; 
(c) United States. 

4-6. Write a letter to your cousin in the city, 
telling him of your pet rabbits. Use at least 75 
words. 

7-10. Write a story of at least 100 words 
about one of the following: the bravery of a 
dog ; a bird's nest. 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 55 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Write a sentence using two common ad- 
jectives. 

2. Write a sentence containing a quotation. 

3. Write sentences properly using the wods to 
and two. 

4. (a) In the word several, tell the stem, and 
(b) upon this stem build two other English words. 

5. Write (a) the possessive singular of men; 

(b) the possessive plural of lamb. 

6-7. Write a letter to a friend, inviting him to 
spend a holiday with you. 

8-10. Write a story of at least 100 words on 
one of the following subjects: a bicycle race; 
my pet kitten ; a picnic. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1 . (a) Write a sentence containing two phrases, 
and (6) tell the principal word of each. 

2. Compare the following adjectives : tall, bad, 
sweet, nice, far. 

3. Define and illustrate (a) prefix; (b) stem; 

(c) suffix. 

4. Write a sentence using a personal and a 
relative pronoun. 

5. Give the principal parts of the verbs sit 
and set. 

6. Write the heading, introduction and con- 
clusion of a letter which is addressed to Henry 
Porter, Buffalo, N. Y. 



56 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

7-10. Write a description of some important 
article recently published in the newspaper; as 
the president's message; the building of new 
war vessels. Use at least 150 words. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

These very men, with whom you recently 
travelled, are now found guilty of murder. 

Questions 1 to 5 inclusive refer to the above 
selection. 

1. Select and classify each clause. 

2. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the fore- 
going selection. 

3. Tell the part of speech of each word. 

4. Select (a) a regular verb; (b) an irregular 
verb. 

5. Classify the sentence as to form and use. 

6. Define and illustrate the four genders. 

7. Compare the following adjectives: many, 
little, few, hard, ill. 

8. Write sentences illustrating (a) regular and 
irregular verbs; (b) transitive and intransitive 
verbs. 

9-10. Make a view showing all the classes 
and properties of adjectives. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

The battle of Bunker Hill, which occurred on 
June 17, 1775, and whose fame is now read by 
all civilized nations, was gained by the Ameri- 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 57 

cans only through the calmness and bravery of 
their gallant commander. 

Questions 1 to 7 inclusive refer to the above 
selection. 

1. Classify each clause. 

2. Select all phrases and classify as adjective 
or adverbial. 

3. Parse (a) battle ; (b) occurred; (c) through. 

4. Give the principal parts of all the verbs. 

5. What pronouns are used as connectives ? 

6. Conjugate the verb read in the past perfect 
tense of all the moods. 

7. Diagram the selection. 

8. Write a sentence using a clause as the (a) 
subject; (b) object. 

9. Make a list of ten adjectives sometimes 
used as pronouns (adjective pronouns). 

10. Write a sentence containing an attribute. 

NINTH YEAR 

Over the hillsides the wild knell is tolling, 
From their far hamlets the yeomanry come ; 
As through the storm-cloud and thunder burst 

rolling 
Circles the beat of the mustering drum. 

— 0. W. Holmes. 
The first seven questions refer to the foregoing 
selection. 

1. Name the principal clauses. 



58 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

2. Classify the sentence as to form and use. 

3. Parse (a) knell; (b) come; (c) circles. 

4. Give the modifiers of (a) come; (b) beat; 
(c) circles. 

5. Give the syntax of (a) their; (b) storm- 
cloud; (c) drum. 

6. Classify all phrases as adjective or adverbial. 

7. Select the infinitives and participles if any 
are used. 

8. Give a synopsis of the verb swim in the 
second person plural, through the indicative and 
subjunctives moods. 

9. Write sentences illustrating (a) active and 
passive voice ; (b) two substantives governed by 
one preposition. 

10. Write a sentence using as the subject (a) 
a clause; (b) a participle; (c) an infinitive. 

CIVIL GOVEKNMENT 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Name the eight divisions of government 
in the United States. 

2. (a) What is a jury ? (b) Name three kinds 
of juries and state the purpose of each. 

3. Give (a) the term, (b) the salary, (c) the 
qualifications of the governor. 

4. How many members in the (a) State 
assembly; (b) State senate? (c) For how long 
are the members of each elected ? 



PHYSIOLOGY 59 

5. Give three duties of the superintendent of 
public instruction. 

(>. (a) For what cause may an officer be im- 
peached ? (6) Describe the action taken in a 
case of impeachment. 

7. State the full process of making a law in 
this State. 

8. Name five courts found within the State 
and give the jurisdiction of each. 

9-10. Make a view showing the officers acting 
under each of the three dopartents of govern- 
ment ina (a) city; (/>) State; (c) territory. 

PHYSIOLOGY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. How many bones in the body ? 

2. Of what two kinds of matter are the bones 
composed ? 

3. Give three reasons why we eat. 

4. Name three fatty foods. 

5. What are corns ? How are they caused ? 

(>. Why should a young girl never wear her 
dresses tight V 

7. Tell how we should take care of the teeth. 

8. What organ causes the blood to flow ? 

9. Name three kinds of exercise which are 
beneficial. 

10. Why should your schoolroom be thoroughly 
ventilated ? 



60 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Describe the skin. 

2. Give three rules for the care of the teeth . 

3. When is the best time for exercise ? 

4. What is the effect of exercise on the 
circulation ? 

5. What bones are located in the lower arm ? 

6. What is the use of the hair ? 

7. When and how often should we bathe ? 

8. Write a description of the lungs. 

9. Why is the air in a room generally impure ? 

10. Why is the use of tobacco injurious, especi- 
ally to boys ? 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. What organ causes the blood to circulate ? 

2. Physical exercise has what effect on the 
blood? 

3. What is digestion ? 

4. What membrane encloses the heart ? 

5. What is the use of valves in the organs of 
circulation ? 

6. Name the bones of the ear. 

7. What kind of blood is carried by the (a) 
arteries; (b) veins? 

8. How are the bones nourished ? 

9. Why is judicious bathing beneficial ? 

10. What is the effect of alcoholic drinks on 
the heart ? 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Name the four kinds of teeth. 



PHYSIOLOGY 61 

2. Name the two kinds of nerve tissue. 

3. Define (a) epidermis ; (b) ligament ; (c) pores. 

4. What is the cause of squinting ? 

5. When is the best time for bathing ? 

6. What and where are the cilia ? 

7. Describe the diaphragm. 

8. What is the effect of re- breathing ? 

9. What causes coagulation of the blood ? 

10. What is the effect of the continued use of 
alcoholic drinks on the lungs ? 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) bronchi ; (6) bronchial tubes; (c) 
ossification. 

2. (a) Of what does the atmosphere consist ? 
(6) What is its vital element ? 

3. Name the three divisions of the brain. 

4. Name three organs which act as filters to 
the body. 

5. Describe the composition of the blood. 

6. What and where is the pericardium ? 

7. Locate (a) mitral, (b) tricuspid, (c) semi- 
lunar valves. 

8. Where do the principal changes in the com- 
position of the blood take place ? 

9. Compare the walls of the arteries and veins 
as to (a) composition; (6) strength. 

10. What is the effect of the use of alcohol 
on the liver ? 



62 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Describe the structure of the teeth. 

2. How do we hear ? 

3. What is the use of the Eustachian tube ? 

4. Write a description of the labyrinth. 

5. Name the three membranes of the eye and 
give the function of each. 

6. What is the use of the crystalline lens ? 

7. Describe how a sick-room should be. 

8. In what position should a light be when 
reading ? 

9. What is the lymph and where is it found ? 

10. What is the general effect of alcoholic 
drinks on the five senses ? 

HISTORY 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Name two Jesuit missionaries and tell the 
section explored by each. 

2. What treaty ended (a) King William's, (b) 
Queen Anne's, (c) French and Indian war ? 

3. When and by whom was Georgia settled ? 

4. Arrange the following colonies in order of 
settlement : Massachusetts, New York, Pennsyl- 
vania, Georgia, Delaware. 

5. How did Washington help the colonies in 
their efforts for liberty previous to the revolution ? 

6. Name three English explorers and tell 
where each explored. 



HISTORY 63 

7. Name four settlements which were made 
within the present limits of the United States 
before 1621. 

8. What Indian girl of Virginia rendered her- 
self famous by saving John Smith's life ? 

9. When and by whom was Massachusetts 
settled ? 

10. Give an account of Braddock's defeat. 

NINTH YEAR 

1-2. Name all the presidents between Wash- 
ington and Lincoln and tell to what political 
party each belonged. 

3. Name six States which were admitted to 
the union between 1790 and 1850. 

4. Compare the people of the North and South 
at the breaking out of the civil war as to (a) 
pursuits; (b) character and habits. 

5. Give an account of the condition of the 
country at the beginning of Lincoln's admin- 
istration. 

6. Name five battles of the civil war and tell 
in what State each was fought. 

7. Describe the Trent affair. 

8. (a) In what year was Vicksburg captured ? 
(b) What was the effect of this capture ? 

9. Name an eminent American (a) poet; (6) 
inventor ; (c) editor, and give a work of each. 

10. AVhat public office was held by each of the 
following persons : (a) Alexander Hamilton ; (6) 
Benjamin Franklin; (c) George Clinton ? 



64 



GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



SPELLING 



FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS 



1. ache, 

2. scatter, 

3. among, 

4. fourteen, 

5. ink-stand, 

6. Laura, 

7. where, 

8. suppose, 

9. quinsy, 

10. tight, 

11. frozen, 

12. blossom, 

13. arithmetic, 

14. pencil, 

15. black-board, 

16. rabbit, 

17. frolic, 

18. Eome, 

19. Yates, 

20. yesterday, 

21. spice, 

22. root, 

23. cling, 

24. storm, 

25. air. 



26. waves, 

27. guess, 

28. knife, 

29. cabbage, 

30. chicken, 

31. fasten, 

32. curtain, 

33. caught, 

34. ruler, 

35. only, 

36. cause, 

37. remove, 

38. comfort, 

39. money, 

40. claim, 

41. Kings, 

42. Jacob, 

43. been, 

44. looked, 

45. front, 

46. valley, 

47. order, 

48. swamp, 

49. succeed, 

50. during. 



SPELLING 



65 



SIXTH AND SEVENTH YEARS 



1. water, 

2. weight, 

3. being, 

4. history, 

5. type, 

6. animal, 

7. nature, 

8. mineral, 

9. geography, 

10. telegraph, 

11. diameter, 

12. through, 

13. contained, 

14. catalogue, 

15. police, 

16. amend, 

17. visitor, 

18. distance, 

19. measurement, 

20. physical, 

21. phrase, 

22. Indies, 

23. Matthew, 

24. diagram, 

25. sardine, 



26. measles, 

27. isthmus, 

28. mortgage, 

29. cedar, 

30. lupine, 

31. bazaar, 

32. cancerous, 

33. migrate, 

34. recipe, 

35. prairie, 

36. college, 

37. raisins, 

38. cinnamon, 

39. benzine, 

40. pigeon, 

41. immense, 

42. souchong, 

43. cipher, 

44. orphan, 

45. tongue, 

46. Alabama, 

47. Colorado, 

48. Pyrenees, 

49. contract, 

50. syntax. 



GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



EIGHTH AND NINTH YEARS 



1. fraction, 

2. addition, 

3. eighteen, 

4. fortification, 

5. lowest, 

6. hundred, 

7. improper, 

8. figures, 

9. reduce, 

10. altar, 

11. multiply, 

12. confederate, 

13. general, 

14. equal, 

15. moccasin, 

16. dahlia, 
IT. victories, 

18. massacre, 

19. exact, 

20. trustee, 

21. standard, 

22. question, 

23. instructor, 

24. yearly, 

25. farthing, 



26. gratitude, 

27. product, 

28. potatoes, 

29. groceries, 

30. grizzly, 

31. transaction, 

32. immortal, 

33. simple, 

34. decimal, 

35. merchant, 

36. calico, 

37. chocolate, 

38. broadcloth, 

39. family, 

40. bough, 

41. Manchester, 
42* Marseilles, 

43. Capricorn, 

44. equator, 

45. Utah, 

46. Pres., 

47. Lieut., 

48. Me., 

49. P. M., 

50. MS. 



The ' ' third ' ' of the series of test examinations 
covering the first term's work. 

To be held on Thursday and Friday of the 
fifteenth week of school. 

ARITHMETIC 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Write in figures (a) forty-one million two 
hundred four ; (b) one hundred eighty-nine 
million seventy- seven thousand two hundred 
twenty- four. 

2. Write in letters (a) 69 ; (b) 87 ; (c) 93. 

3. Express in words (a) 967,000,621; (b) 
77,690,004. 

4. How many halters 5 feet in length can be 
cut from 4 ropes each 20 feet long ? 

5. Bought 22 sheep at $4.50 apiece and sold 
them at $5.25 apiece; what was my gain ? 

6. A man bought a house for $2,660.75, and 
after paying out $439.25 for repairs, sold it for 
$3,000; what was his loss ? 

7. Bought a bushel of potatoes for $1|; a bar- 
rel of flour for $6 J ; and some pork for $1 J ; what 
was the cost of all ? 

8. If there are 32 pounds in one bushel of 
oats, how many bushels in 416 pounds ? 

(67) 



68 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

9. How many (a) halves in four ? (b) quarters 
in six ? (c) thirds in two ? 

10. Tell the numerator and denominator in 
the fraction f . 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Write in the Eoman notation (a) 1,280; (b) 
1,899; (c) 1,211; (d) 1,555. 

2. Define (a) like and unlike numbers; (b) 
simple and compound numbers. 

3. (a) What is a factor; (b) a multiple? (c) 
Give a factor and a multiple of 15. 

4. Find the least common multiple and the 
greatest common divisor of the nine digits. 

5. Find the cost of the following: 

19 doz. eggs @ $ .20 

214 lbs. butter @ .22 
184 bu. potatoes @ .40 

18 bu. onions @ 1.25 

6. A father having $1,050, gave each of his 
three sons $225.50 and divided the remainder 
between his two daughters; what amount did 
each daughter receive ? 

7. How many eighteenths in (a) f ; (b) -| ; (c) f ? 

8. Bought 6 J dozen eggs of one man and 8f 
dozen of another at 15 cents per dozen; after- 
wards sold them at 1J cents apiece; what was 
my gain ? 

• 9. Bought 4 bushels of clover seed for 



ARITHMETIC 69 

and sold it so as to gain 50 cents per bushel; 
what was the selling price ? 

10. How many pounds in a bushel of (a) wheat ; 
(6) beans; (c) oats; (d) barley; (e)corn; (/)rye? 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Express in words (a) 9.99; (b) 9-^5 (p) 
MDCCCXCIX; (d) .00002007. 

2. Make lists of all the prime and composite 
numbers between 1 and 60. 

3. In the number 100, how many sets of fac- 
tors and what are they ? 

4. How many turns will the driving wheel 
of a locomotive 20J feet in circumference make 
in going one mile ? 

5. A man travelled 26.45 miles by steam-car; 
47.96 by trolley car; 191J- by sail, and 21.8 by 
stage ; if his average fare was 3 cents per m ile, 
what did it cost him ? 

6. Tf it required 4 J days for the man to make 
the journey mentioned in question 5, what was 
the average distance travelled per day ? 

7. In 16 bushels of oats how many (a) pounds; 
(b) pints; (c) quarts ? 

8. Eeduce J, i-J, y 7 ^, ^ T to a common denom- 
inator. 

9. Bought a quantity of fish for 1180 j and of 
pork for $206 ff; sold the fish for $200J and the 
pork for $220| ; what was my gain ? 

10. A man having a certain sum of money, 



70 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

spent T V of it, gave his son § of what was left, 
and with the remainder bnilt a honse which 
cost 11,280; how much money had he at first ? 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Express in words (a) DCXCIX ; (b) T 7 T ; (c) 
102-if; (d) 199.804; (e) 110,010,011. 

2. Write the tables for square and cubic 
measures. 

3. Find the cost of a farm 124 rods square at 
$60. 75 per acre. 

4. How many (a) shingles in a bunch; (6) 
bunches in a thousand ; (c) feet in a square ? 

5. Find the cost of shingling a barn 60 feet 
long, each of the two sides of the roof being 20 
feet wide, shingles costing $4.50 per M. 

6. Find the cost of laying a wall 200 feet long, 
9 feet high and 3 feet thick at $1.12 J a perch. 

7. What is the value of the grain in a bin 16 
feet long, 10 feet wide and 9 feet deep, at 70 
cents per bushel ? 

8. A salesman started on a journey February 
7 and returned, home on Christmas of the same 
year; if his income during this time was $6 per 
day and his expenses $2.12, how much did he 
save ? 

9. How much time will a person gain in 20 
years by rising 20 minutes earlier every morning? 

10. Find the cost of laying the floor in a barn 



ARITHMETIC 71 

120 feet long, 50 feet wide, with plank 2 inches 
thick, worth $18 per M. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Express both decimally and fractionally 

\%, if, 12%, isi%, liHfc 

2. The assessed valuation of a man's property 
is $8,100, and he pays .002$ State tax, .004|$ 
county tax and .0035 % town tax; what will be 
the total amount of his tax ? 

3. C owed E $1,000; he paid at one time 
38 \ % of the debt; afterwards he paid 20$ of 
the remainder; and at another time 16f % of 
what he still owed ; how much of the debt was 
due after the third payment ? 

4. Find the cost of the following bill : 

19, 825 bricks @ $4. 12 J per M. 
10,200 ft. lumber @ 18.50 per M. 
9,850 ft. scantling @ 4.80 per M. 
12,964 ft. lath @ .95 per C. 

5. Eeduce .985 of a mile to lower denomina- 
tions. 

6. Find the amount of a note of $180.50, 
given for 1 yr., 2 mo., 18 da., at 7 %. 

7. The principal of a note is $200; rate 7 %\ 
interest $60 ; find time. 

8. Note.— Date, Jan. 17, 1896; time 3 yrs. 8 
mo. ; principal $800 ; rate 6 %. Payments, June 
17, 1896, $200; Aug. 20, 1897, $150; how much 
is due at maturity ? 



72 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

9. A man has his property insured for f of 
its value, at \\% premium; he pays $6.15 
annually ; what is the value of the property ? 

10. Bought 180 dozen oranges at 25 cents per 
dozen; if T V of them spoil, at what price must 
I sell the remainder to realize a profit of 12 % on 
the investment ? 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) square root; (b) involution; (c) 
evolution; (d) dividend. 

2. (a) If the antecedent is 19 J and the conse- 
quent 26|, what is the ratio ? (b) If the ratio is 
f and the consequent T 9 ¥ , what is the antecedent ? 

3. Divide $19,860 into three parts that will be 
to one another as J : } : f . 

4. Three men bought a house for $1,764, and 
after allowing $117.25 for repairs, and $90.50 
for painting, they rented it for $540 per year; if 
A furnished f of the capital, B twice as much 
as A, and C the remainder, how much ought 
each to receive at the end of the first year ? 

5. A ladder 40 feet long is so placed that it will 
reach a window 33 feet high; how far is the foot 
of the ladder from the building ? 

6. What is the area of a triangular field the 
base of which is 20 rods, and the perpendicular 
distance from the base to the vertex 28 rods? 

7. Successive trade discounts of 33 %, 20 %, 



GEOGRAPHY 73 

and 10 % amount to $250 ; what was the list 
price ? 

8. At what rate per cnt must $1,000 be loaned 
for 3 years, 3 months and 29 days, to gain 
$183.18? 

9. A man invested $10,550 in U. S. 4's; if the 
bonds were purchased at 87, what is his income ? 

10. If I seU $20,000 of Maryland 5's at 80, 
and invest a sufficient amount of the proceeds 
in U. S. 6's at 90 to yield a semi-annual dividend 
of $400, and start into business with the re- 
mainder, what amount of capital would I have 
in my business ? 

GEOGBAPHY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) strait; (b) gulf; (c) isthmus. 

2. Within an outline 10 inches square, draw to 
represent a river system. 

3. What are the directions on a map ? 

4. (a) Name the five oceans. (6) Which is the 
largest ? 

5. As we pass north or south from the equator 
what difference in climate do we find ? 

6. What and where is the largest island in the 
world ? 

7. What large sea between Europe and Africa ? 

8. What is meant by occupation ? 



74 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

9. What part of the United States produces 

(a) corn; (b) rice; (c) wheat; (d) sugar? 

10. Which zone is the widest ? 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Name a product of each of the following 
countries: (a) France; (b) England; (c) China. 

2. Describe the following rivers: Danube, 
Rhine, Thames. 

3. What is (a) latitude ; (b) longitude? 

4. If a man travels directly east, does he 
change his latitude or his longitude ? 

5. Draw an outline map of Africa. 

6. Locate on the above map four rivers. 

7. Locate on the map three mountain chains. 

8. (a) What natural division of land is Africa? 

(b) How has it been rendered an island ? 

9. Name four capes on the eastern coast of 
the United States. 

10. Give three proofs that the earth is round. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. At what times of the year do the sun's 
rays fall^vertically upon the equator ? 

2. Of t what use are latitude and longitude ? 

3. Name the States bordering on the west side 
of the Mississippi. 

4. State the chief product of each of the fol- 
io wng States: Kansas, Kentucky, California, 
Texas, Louisiana. 



GEOGRAPHY 75 

5. Name in order the five largest cities in the 
world. 

6. What part of the people of the Southern 
States are colored ? 

7. Compare the people of the New England 
States with the people of the Southern States 
as to (a) occupation; (b) education. 

8. Locate the following counties : Chautauqua, 
Broome, Onondaga, Franklin. 

9-10. Name the counties of New York State. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Draw an outline map of Asia. 

2. Locate on the above map six important 
rivers. 

3. Locate on the map four peninsulas, and 
write the name of each. 

4. Name six minerals found in Asia, and tell 
the part in which each is found. 

5. Name the five grand divisions in order of 
(a) size; (b) population. 

6. (a) What are the prevailing religions of 
Asia ? (/;) What different races of mankind 
inhabit Asia ? 

7. (a) What empire of Asia is composed of 
islands ? (6) Name the principal cities of this 
empire. 

8. Name a steamship line between the south- 
ern ports of Asia and (a) San Francisco; (b) 
New York. 



76 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

9. What is the form of government of (a) 
Persia ; (6) India ; (c) China ; (d) Siberia ? 

10. Where is the chief water -shed of Asia, 
and of what is it formed ? 

NINTH YEAR 

1. State (a) the circumference, (b) the diameter 
of the earth, (c) What is the difference in miles 
between the polar and equatorial diameters ? 

2. Draw an outline map of New York State. 
3-4. Locate on the above map ten lakes, ten 

cities, five rivers and three mountain ranges. 

5. Which grand division is crossed by the 
equator and both tropics ? 

6. What country of Europe is in the same 
latitude as (a) New York; (b) Maryland ? 

7. (a) What is the cause of ocean currents ? 
(b) What influence have ocean currents on 
climate ? 

8. Locate the following counties : Kichmond, 
Kings, Orange, Allegany, Erie, Yates. 

9. Name the countries of Africa which border 
on the Mediterranean sea, and give the capital 
of each. 

10. Name the five races of mankind and give 
the chief characteristics of each. 

DBA WING 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. What is (a) a shade, (b) a tint of a color ? 



GEOGRAPHY 77 

2. Draw (a) an acute angle ; (b) an obtuse angle. 

3. Draw the pattern of a 2" cubical box. 

4. Draw the plan and elevation of the box 
named in question 3. 

5. Sketch to represent in perspective a square 
dish filled with apples, and shade. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Name in order the eighteen hues found in 
the spectrum. 

2. Draw to represent a house and barn with a 
path between. 

3. Make a working drawing of a cube. 

4. Draw the pattern of a coverless tin box 3" 
long, \\" wide and 1" high. 

5. Sketch in a group a sphere, a cube, and a 
square prism, and shade. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. (a) What is a broken color ? (b) Name two 
neutrals. 

2. Conventionalize as nearly as possible from 
memory, a wild rose. 

3. Draw the plan, front and side elevations 
of a box 3" long, 2 J" wide and 2" high. 

4. Draw an angle inclined (a) 30° ; (b) 60°. 

5. Name (a) six kinds of lines; (b) three kinds 
of angles ; (c) four kinds of triangles. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Name the twelve intermediate hues found 
in the spectrum. 



78 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

2. Define and illustrate by a drawing (a) axis ; 
(b) radius. 

3. Draw the plan, front and side elevations of 
a square pyramid. 

4. Sketch a square pyramid, and shade. 

5. Modify the square pyramid to represent a 
mountain in the distance. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. (a) How may a broken color be produced ? 
(b) Name two hues of violet found in the 
spectrum. 

2. Draw the plan, front and side elevations of 
an ink bottle. 

3. Inscribe within a circle (a) a square; (b) a 
regular octagon. 

4. (a) Construct a triangle having a 3" base, 
and the other two sides each 2", and (6) circum- 
scribe a circle about this triangle. 

5. Sketch a chair showing convergence of re- 
ceding edges. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. What harmony will any spectrum color 
placed in juxtaposition with the grey of the 
atmosphere produce ? 

2. Draw the plan, front and side elevations of 
a class-bell used in the schoolroom. 

3. (a) Draw a leaf of the elm or maple, and 
(b) enlarge it J times. 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 79 

4. Within a circle having a radius of 1J", in- 
scribe a regular hexagon. 

5. Sketch a farm-house, with horses in front 
and trees in the background, and shade. 

GRAMMAK AND LANGUAGE 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Write sentences properly using the words 
sit and set. 

2. Form the plurals of (a) desk; (b) foot; (c) 
leaf. 

3. Write the abbreviation for (a) Doctor; (b) 
President; (c) afternoon. 

4. Change the following sentence to a ques- 
tion: " The Mississippi rises in the far north." 

5-10. Write a composition of at least 100 
words on one of the following subjects: my 
Christmas vacation ; what I have learned at 
school. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Write sentences illustrating the proper uses 
of the words new and knew. 

2. Write a sentence using a common adjec- 
tive, a common noun and a proper noun. 

3. Upon the stem cur, build two English 
words and define each. 

4. Write the abbreviations for the following 
words : last month, April, ounces, namely. 



80 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

5. In the sentence, " The fierce wind will blow 
still harder," tell the subject and predicate. 

6-7. Write a letter to your family physician, 
asking him to call immediately. Give special 
attention to punctuation and form of letter. 

8-10. Write a description of the Spanish- 
American war, telling the causes and result, and 
also mentioning some of the prominent men 
engaged. Use at least 125 words. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. (a) Write a sentence containing one princi- 
pal and one subordinate clause, and (6) tell the 
subject and predicate of each. 

2. Write sentences illustrating the proper uses 
of the words rain and reign. 

3. (a) Make a list of the stems used in the 
following words: concede, occur, depend, in- 
flate, surprised, and (b) build another English 
word upon each. 

4. Write a letter to your uncle, telling him 
you are coming to make a visit. Give special 
attention to punctuation and language used. 

5. In how many different ways may adjectives 
be compared ? Illustrate. 

6. Write a sentence using one proper and two 
common adjectives. 

7-10. Write a composition of at least 150 
words on one of the following subjects: Gover- 
nor BoosevelVs political life; the actions of 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 81 

congress. Some important article recently pub- 
lished in the newspapers may be supplied in place 
of the above named subjects if desired. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

If these remedies are applied and the patient 
improves, we will rely on your judgment. 

Questions 1 to 5 inclusive refer to the forego- 
ing selection. 

1. Select the clauses and give the unmodified 
subject and predicate of each. 

2. Analyze the sentence. 

3. Tell the part of speech of each word. 

4. Give the principal parts of all verbs used. 

5. What does the conjunction and connect ? 

6. Name and define (a) three kinds of pro- 
nouns ; (b) two kinds of conjunctions. 

7. (a) What is voice ? (6) Name and define 
each kind. 

8. What is a collective noun ? Illustrate. 

9. (a) What is number ? (b) Name three 
ways of forming plurals. 

10. Make a view showing the classification of 
verbs. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

Northwestern America is divided from the 
other portions of the continent by a chain of 
lofty mountains, which extend from the Pacific 
ocean to the Arctic. 



82 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

Questions 1 to 7 inclusive refer to the forego- 
ing selection. 

1.. Classify each clause. 

2. Classify the sentence as to form and use. 

3. Parse (a) divided; (b) chain; (c) which. 

4. Select all phrases and classify as adjective 
or adverbial. 

5. Tell the part of speech of each word. 

6. Select (a) an active, (6) a passive verb. 

7. Select the adjectives and compare all that 
admit of comparison. 

8. Decline the personal pronoun of the second 
person. 

9. In the declension of nouns and pronouns 
when and where should we use the apostrophe ? 

10. Write a sentence using as the subject (a) 
a participal ; (b) an infinitive. 

NINTH YEAR 

Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, 
He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; 
While the same plumage that had warmed his 

nest 
Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. 

— Byron. 
Questions 1 to 7 inclusive refer to the forego- 
ing selection. 

1. Classify the sentence as to form and use. 

2. Classify the clauses. 



CIVIL GOVERNMENT 83 

3. Give two modifiers of (a) plumage; (6) life- 
drop ; (c) breast. 

4. Congugate the verb drank through the 
mood in which it is used in the selection. 

5. Give the syntax of (a) pangs; (6) lie; (c) 
which; (d) breast. 

6. Classify all verbs as active or passive. 

7. Give a reason for each punctuation mark 
used. 

8. Give the syntactic rule for same case. 

9. What is (a) an adjunct; (b) an attribute? 
(c) Illustrate each in a sentence. 

10. Define (a) simple, (6) interrogative, (c) 
compound, (d) complex sentences, and give an 
example of each. 

CIVIL GOVEENMENT 

1. (a) What is a constitution ? (b) What pro- 
vision for its own revision is made by the con- 
stitution of this State ? 

2. Name five powers of congress. 

3. State the qualifications of the president. 

4. (a) Name the eight auxiliary executive de- 
partments of the national government, and (b) 
tell who stands at the head of each. 

5 . Give the qualifications of a voter in this State. 
6-7. State fully the method of electing the 

president and vice-president. 

8. Name (a) five State officers who are elected 
directly by the people ; (b) five who are appointed 



84 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

by the governor and senate, (c) Name three 
commissioners appointed by the governor and 
senate. 

9. In what is the judicial department of the 
national government vested ? 

10. Give the term of office of (a*) U. S. sena- 
tors; (6) representatives; (c) judges of the su- 
preme court. 

PHYSIOLOGY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. How may a person have pure blood ? 

2. Name three kinds of sweet foods. 

3. Why do children need plenty of exercise ? 

4. What is the use of the nails ? 

5. What is the effect of the use of tobacco on 
young boys ? 

6. Why should children avoid the use of tea 
and coffee ? 

7. What are muscles ? 

8. How should we eat ? 

9. Should we ever crack nuts or bite hard sub- 
stances with our teeth ? Why ? 

10. Name three poisonous drinks. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. What is the use of the lungs ? 

2. Describe the heart. 

3. Of what kind of substance is the lungs 
composed ? 



PHYSIOLOGY 85 

4. What names are applied to the tube-like 
canals which carry the blood ? 

5. Why do we eat ? 

6. Give the evil effects of rapid eating. 

7. Give three rules for the care of the eyes. 

8. Where should exercise be taken ? 

9. What name is given to the bones of the 
fingers ? 

10. What drink causes many crimes ? 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Write a description of the heart. 

2. How is the blood made (a) pure ; (b) impure ? 

3. What keeps the blood from flowing back ? 

4. What part of our time should be given to 
sleep ? 

5. Name two kinds of muscles and describe 
each. 

6. How may the muscles be made strong ? 

7. What membrane covers the bones ? 

8-10. Make a view showing the names and 
number of bones in the (a) limbs ; (b) trunk. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) auricles ; (b) ventricles. 

2. What is the (a) glottis; (b) epiglottis; (c) 
larynx ; (d) oesophagus ? 

3. What is the mucous membrane ? 

4. When do the permanent teeth appear ? 

5. What are pores ? 



86 GKADK EXAMINATIONS 

(J. With what are the Lungs (a) covered; (b) 
lined ? 

7. Of what is the blood composed ? 
s. What is the aorta? 

{>. Why are the walls of the arteries made 
stronger than the walls of the veins ? 

10. What is t he effect of tobacco on the hones ? 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. (a) What is the pulse? (b) What is the 
average number of its heats per minute ? 

2. Describe the capillaries. 

;>. What is the natural temperature of the body? 

4. What is the thoracic duct ? 

5, Write a description of the lacteals. 

(>. Describe fully the process of digestion. 

7. Why is the skull shaped as it is ? 

8. jN T ame three minerals needed in the nourish- 
ment o\' the body. 

W What is the use o\' the saliva ? 
10. What is vascular enlargement? 

NINTH YEAR 

1. How is sight produced? 
:_. Name the organ of (a) hearing; (6) tasting; 
(c) seeing; (d) smelling. 

3. What are ganglions ? 

-t. What is (a) chyme; (6) chyle? 

5, Define (a) peritoneum; (6) pleura. 

6, Describe the pancreas. 



HISTORY 87 

7. What is the alimentary canal ? 
' 8. How is the temperature of the body regu- 
lated ? 

9. Describe the greater circulation. 

10. What organs are sometimes called the 
scavengers of the body ? 

HISTORY 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. How did the names of the following colo- 
nies originate: Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, 
Vermont, Maryland? 

2. Name two battles of the French and Indian 
war and tell the commander of each. 

3. What was the general cause of the inter- 
colonial wars ? 

4. What was Eoger Williams's idea of religious 
toleration ? 

5. Name the four Dutch governors. 

6. Tell about Penn's treaty with the Indians. 

7. Name three (a) French, (b) English, (c) 
Spanish explorers. 

8. Describe the " Charter Oak " affair. 

9. W 7 hat strange delusion produced intense 
excitement in Massachusetts about 1690 ? 

10. Arrange the colonies in order of settlement. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. When was (a) the first railroad constructed, 
(b) the first canal dug in the United States ? 



88 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

2. What historic event is connected with each 
of the following places : Valley Forge, Oriskany, 
Stonington ? 

3. How long was New York (a) a Dutch, (b) 
an English colony ? 

4. What historic events does each of the foT 
lowing dates denote: (a) 1732 ; (b) 1619; (c) 1789 ? 

5. Write a short biography of Benjamin 
Franklin's life. 

6. Describe the following battles : (a) Chancel- 
lorsville; (6) Chattanooga; (c) New Orleans. 

7. Give a brief account of Perry's victory. 

8. (a) Name the principal American com- 
manders in the war with Mexico. (6) What 
were the results of this war ? 

9-10. Write an account showing the full his- 
tory of slavery, touching especially on the fol- 
lowing: Introduction, Texas, Wilmot Proviso, 
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, 
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Dred Scott decision, Fugi- 
tive slave law, and abolishment. 



SPELLING 



SPELLING 



FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS 



1. June, 

2. against, 

3. tablet, 

4. teacher, 

5. paper, 

6. ache, 

7. scholars, 

8. chart, 

9. chalk, 

10. manner, 

11. cabin, 

12. answer, 

13. peaches, 

14. cousin, 

15. sister, 

16. chisel, 
IT. lantern, 

18. laugh, 

19. marble, 

20. mamma, 

21. forehead, 

22. fingers, 

23. afternoon, 

24. March, 

25. Henry, 



26. pound, 

27. where, 

28. which, 

29. street, 

30. cents, 

31. almost, 

32. halter, 

33. maple, 

34. elm, 

35. lily, 

36. air, 

37. yellow, 

38. saucer, 

39. kitchen, 

40. lemon, 

41. feather, 

42. north-east, 

43. penny, 

44. else, 

45. kettle, 

46. metals, 

47. ready, 

48. leather, 

49. Mrs., 

50. Gov. 



90 



GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



SIXTH AND SEVENTH YEARS 



1, creditor, 

2, swallow, 

3, weather, 
1. echo, 

5. ache, 

(>. which, 

7. pickerel, 

8. sardine, 

9. Eugene, 

10. mercy, 

11. cipher, 
L2, twilight, 

13. niece, 

14. receipt, 

15. squirrel, 

16. merchant, 

17. salad, 

18. baptized, 

19. resign, 

20. abide, 

21. perspire, 

22. conceit, 
2 3. endure, 

24. celery, 

25. violet, 



26. raisins, 

27. pickles, 

28. knees, 
21). sirloin, 

30. editor, 

31. English, 

32. dissolve, 

33. division, 

34. marriage, 

35. example, 
30. lettuce, 

37. jasmine, 

38. heather, 

39. musician, 

40. grocer, 

41. American, 

12. wolves, 

13. acre, 

44. knuckles, 

45, social, 
10. divorce, 

47. ostrich, 

48. bureau, 

49. Ga., 

50. acct. 



SPELLING 



91 



EIGHTH AND NINTH YEARS 



1. opossum, 

2. Virginia, 

3. Edinburgh, 

4. pineapples, 

5. longitude, 

6. sarsaparilla, 

7. flourish, 

8. quinine, 

9. fifteenth, 

10. gorgeous, 

11. almanac, 

12. chemistry, 

13. irrigate, 

14. etiquette, 

15. adieu, 

16. hyacinth, 
IT. parasol, 

18. crochet, 

19. Egyptian, 

20. Caucasus, 

21. mortise, 

22. cornice, 

23. Rhode Island, 

24. petroleum, 

25. cataract, 



26. geometric, 

27. tyrannical, 

28. substitute, 

29. astonish, 

30. breadth, 

31. patience, 

32. business, 

33. national, 

34. welfare, 

35. tranquillity, 

36. qualifications, 

37. vacancies, 

38. immediately, 

39. recreation, 

40. legislature, 

41. indictment, 

42. kerosene, 

43. hostility, 

44. tedious, 

45. foreign, 

46. plurality, 

47. citizen, 

48. chasms, 

49. opportunity, 

50. disadvantage. 



PART III 



The "first" of the series of test examinations 
covering the second term's work. 

To be held on Thursday and Friday of the 
fifth week of the second term of school. 

AEITHMETIC 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Write in figures (a) two hundred seven 
million nine hundred ten thousand six hundred 
seven; (b) five hundred sixty- six million six hun- 
dred sixty-six thousand six hundred six. 

2. Express in letters (a) 967; (b) 294. 

3. I exchange 20 bushels of wheat, worth 87 
cents a bushel, for flour at 15.80 per barrel; 
how many barrels should I receive ? 

4. What will 594 pounds of butter cost at 21 
cents per pound ? 

5. Paid $6f for a coat, and $3} for a hat ; what 
was the cost of both ? 

6. How many bags will 10, 125 pounds of wheat 
fill, allowing 125 pounds to the bag ? 

7. Change (a) $506 to cents; (b) 56,000 cents to 
dollars. 

(92) 



ARITHMETIC .93 

8. In 8 rods, how many feet ? 

9. Gave T %- of a bushel of apples to each of 
my three brothers ; if I had two bushels at first, 
how many would I have left ? 

10. Tell what the numerator and denominator 
in the following fraction show : T 9 ¥ . 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Make out the following bill in proper form: 
On January 3, 1898, James Johnson of Buffalo 
sold Henry Granger 18 pairs of boots at $2.50 
per pair, and 27 pairs of shoes at $3.10 per pair. 

2. Change f to (a) 24ths; (b) 40ths; (c) 56ths. 

3. Find the cost of building a fence 284 rods 
long, at $11 per rod. 

4. If 2 gills of alcohol cost 10 cents, what 
would be the cost of 4 pints ? 

5. Give the prime factors of (a) 24; (b) 35. 

6. A boy having $3, spent 117 cents; how 
much had he left ? 

7. If I buy a barrel of flour for $6§ and sell it 
for $8 T 8 T , what do I gain ? 

8. A milkmau supplied a customer for four 
days with 6 J, 8 J 1J, 6} quarts respectively; if 
he charges his customer 4 cents per pint, what 
are his receipts? 

9. How many times will a carriage wheel 8 
feet in circumference turn round in going a mile ? 

10. Define (a) prime number ; (b) prime factor. 



94 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

SIXTH YEAR 

' 1. Define (a) reduction ; (b) compound number. 

2. What will 12-, 348 pine apples cost at $12} 
per C ? 

3. If a man's expenses be $3.70 per day, and 
his income $2,500 per year, what will he save 
during the three winter months ? 

4. For what purpose is each of the following 
weights used : avoirdupois, toy, apothecaries ? 

5. A man gave f of his money to his son, T 4 T to 
his daughter, and had $2,600 left; how much 
had he at first ? 

6. How many rods of fence will be required 
to inclose a farm 2 miles square ? 

7. Eeduce (a) T V of a day to seconds; (6) -f- of 
a rod to inches. 

8. A field is 90} rods long and 56J rods wide; 
how many acres does it contain ? 

9. What decimal part of a hogshead is 2 gal., 
2 qt., 2 pt. and 2 gi.? 

10. Find the cost of (a) 2 tons, 7 cwt., 60 lb. 
of hay at $8.50 per ton; (b) 9 tons, 24 cwt., 86 
lbs. of pork at 6 J cents per pound. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. A tower is 90 feet high and 58 feet in cir- 
cumference ; what will it cost to plaster its sides 
at 25 cents per square yard ? 

2. How many common bricks, laid flat-wise, 



ARITHMETIC 95 

will be required for a sidewalk 1,204 inches long 
and 48 inches wide ? 

3. What will it cost to lath and plaster the 
walls and ceiling of a room 40 feet long, 30 feet 
wide, 18 feet high, deducting 58 square feet for 
doors and windows, at 40 cents per square yard ? 

4. What would it cost to fill a bin 30 feet long, 
28 feet wide and 6 feet deep with coal, worth 
$6.25 per ton, assuming that one ton would oc- 
cupy 35 cubic feet of space ? 

5. How many cubic yards of earth would be 
required to raise the grade of a street 16 inches, 
if the street is 280 feet long and 50 feet wide ? 

6. How many bunches, of 250 shingles each, 
will cover a roof, each of the two sides being 
56 J feet long and 25 feet wide ? 

7. How many bushels in a bin 12 feet long, 
8 J feet wide and 7 feet 8 inches deep ? 

8. Find the cost of excavating a cellar 40 feet 
long, 38 feet wide and 12 feet deep, at 27 cents 
per cubic yard. 

9. What would be the cost of laying a wall 3 
feet thick around the cellar mentioned in ques- 
tion 8, at 58 cents a perch ? 

10. What would it cost to lay the floor in a 
barn 40 feet long, 28 feet wide, with boards 1J 
inches thick, worth $17 per M.? 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) base ; (6) per cent ; (c) percentage. 



96 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

2. The longitude of Constantinople is 30° 19' 
E., and of Boston 70° 56' W. ; what is the 
difference in time ? 

3. (a) 4 of an inch is what part of a mile ? (b) 
| of a mile is how many inches ? 

4. A merchant bought an article at 12 % less 
than the market value, and received 5 % off for 
cash; he sold it at an advance of 15 % above 
market value ; what was his gain ? 

5. Find the bank discount on a note for $450, 
dated Jan. 1, given for six months, and dis- 
counted April 20, at 4 J per cent. 

6. How many shares of stock can be pur- 
chased for $2337.75 at 129}, brokerage \ % ? 

7. A road between two places 8 miles apart, is 

5 rods wide ; what is the value at $62 per acre ? 

8. If the total tax on a certain city is $34,- 
558.20, and the tax on one dollar is 2.19 mills, 
what is the assessed valuation ? 

9. A note for $1,000, dated April 1, 1890, and 
given for 5 years, is indorsed as follows: May 
10, 1892, $200; July 21, 1892, $15; Aug. 1, 1894, 
$500 ; how much is due at maturity, interest at 

6 per cent ? 

10. A man insured his buildings, valued at 
$6,000, for $4,000, at \\%\ if they were injured 
by fire to the amount of $3,000, what would be 
the net loss of (a) the owner; (b) the company ? 



ARITHMETIC 97 



NINTH YEAR 



1. Define (a) ratio; (b) proportion; (c) root; 
(d) involution. 

2. The first price on a piano is $720 ; and trade 
discounts of 35 % and 20 % are allowed. Find 
net price and discount. 

3. Find the cost of 7,500 feet of plank at 
$10.50 per M., and 1,818 pounds of coal at 
$5.80 per ton. 

4. $2,000 put at interest for 9 years and 26 
days amounted to $3,980 ; what was the rate per 
cent ? ' 

5. Bought 60 shares of railroad stock at 138 J, 
brokerage \ % ; after it had advanced to 142|, I 
sold it, paying $18.50 brokerage; what was my 
net gain ? 

6. Which is the better investment, Ohio bonds 
at 86, yielding 4% or Baltimore E.K. stock at 
105, yielding 6 %? 

7. Find the interest on $240 from Jan. 10 to 
Nov. 27, using the exact interest method. 

8. When it is 2 o'clock, P. M., Friday, at St. 
Petersburg, 30° 16' E., what is the time at 
Honolulu, 157° 53' W.? 

9. $500. Cincinnati, Jan. 3, 1897'. 
Three months after date, I promise to pay to 

the order of Henry Selby Five Hundred Dollars 
at the Newport bank, value received, with in- 
terest. Silas Morgan. 



98 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

If this note was discounted at a bank, at 5 %. 
on Jan. 20, what would be the proceeds ? 

10. A man in Norfolk purchased a draft on 
New York for $625, payable 30 days after sight ; 
what did it cost him, the rate of exchange being 
\\ per cent discount ? 

GEOGKAPHY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. What is the capital of your country ? 

2. Name six rivers found within the United 
States. 

3. What is (a) commerce; (6) manufacturing? 

4. A narrow passage of water connects larger 
portions of water, and separates portions of land. 
What is it called ? 

5. Name the five zones. 

6. (a) For what are cotton and wool used ? 
(b) Where is each obtained ? 

7. What will produce a luxuriant vegetation ? 

8. For what product are the islands off the 
coast of Georgia noted ? 

9. Locate (a) Philadelphia; (b) Boston; (c) 
Washington. 

10. How do we know that the earth is round ? 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. In what zones is North America ? 

2. Name a product of (a) China; (b) Japan. 

3. What countries compose the British Isles ? 



GEOGRAPHY 99 

4. What is the difference between (a) a hill 
and a mountain ; (b) a lake and a sea ? 

5 . Name five cities found in the Southern States. 

6. Describe three important rivers of Asia. 

7. Of what race of mankind are most of the 
people of Africa ? 

8. Locate the following cities : (a) Newark; (6) 
Eichmond ; (c) San Francisco ; (d) Paris. 

9. (a) Who settled the New England States ? 
(6) From what country did the settlers come ? 

10. How is rubber obtained ? 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Name five lakes in central New York. 

2. Give (a) three Atlantic, (6) three Pacific 
ports of North America. 

3. Give four proofs that the earth is spherical 
in shape. 

4. What is the difference between (a) a hill and 
a mountain; (6) a lake and a sea ? 

5-6. Draw an outline map of New York State, 
and on it locate five rivers, ten cities, two canals. 

7. (a) What is the principal railroad of this 
State ? (b) Name five cities through which it 
passes. 

8. Give a brief account of the educational ad- 
vantages of this State. 

9. Name five rivers of this State which form 
a part of the St. Lawrence river system. 

Lore. 



100 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

10. How do steamers pass from Lake Erie to 
Lake Ontario ? 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Draw an outline map of Africa. 

2. Locate on the above map four mountain 
chains. 

3. Locate on the map six important cities. 

4. Locate on the map all the principal rivers 
and lakes. 

5. Name the countries of Africa which border 
on the Mediterranean Sea, and tell the capital 
of each. 

6. Why is Africa in such a poor state of civ- 
ilization ? 

7. Name four countries which hold possessions 
in different parts of Africa. 

8. (a) What are the chief products of Egypt ? 
(b) Account for the wonderful fertility of the 
soil of the Nile Valley. 

9. What is the prevailing religion of (a) Egypt ; 
(b) Abyssinia; (c) Cape Colony; (d) Barbary 
States ? 

10. Compare Africa and South America as to 
(a) size; (b) population; (c) government; (d) 
civilization; (e) climate. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. What two motions has the earth, and what 
is the result of each ? 



GEOGRAPHY — DRAWING 101 

2. Give an export of (a) Baltimore; (b) New 
Orleans ; (c) Rio Janeiro. 

3. (a) What name is applied to each of the 
three great river plains of South America ? (b) 
Describe each. 

4. Name and locate four volcanoes in the 
Pacific Ocean or near its shores. 

5. State two products of each of the follow- 
ing counties: (a) Argentine Republic ; (b) Brazil; 

(c) Spain; (d) Siberia. 

6. Compare North and South America as to 
(a) size; (b) climate; (c) population ; (d) govern- 
ment. 

7. Name two localities in this State where 
grapes are extensively grown. 

8. Tell two places where each of the following 
minerals are found : (a) coal; (b) iron; (c) gold; 

(d) tin; (e) lead. 

9. Name (a) four rivers of Europe which rise 
in the Alps ; (b) two countries of Europe which 
are republics. 

10. What is the cause of (a) winds ; (b) rain? 
(c) What is heat-lightning ? 

DRAWING 

FOURTH YEAR 

1 . Of the six positive spectrum colors, which 
are warm and which are cool colors ? 



102 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

2. Draw the pattern of a square pyramid, base 
1", altitude 2". 

3. Draw the plan and front elevations of the 
same solid. 

4. Name and draw three different kinds of 
angles. 

5. Sketch a box and state where convergence 
is shown. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. What colors when mixed in equal propor- 
tions will produce (a) orange ; (b) green ; (c) violet ? 

2. Draw the pattern of a dinner pail without 
cover. Dimensions optional. 

3. Between parallel lines 2" apart, draw to 
represent a border, using two flowers in repetition. 

4. Draw the plan and elevation of a block of a 
block of wood 3 /r long, 2" wide and 2" high. 

5. Sketch several lengths of fence five rails 
high, and shade. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. (a) What colors are known as neutrals ? 
(b) What is a broken color ? 

2. Draw the pattern of a cone, altitude 4", 
base 2", scale J" to \" . 

3. (a) Draw an oblique angle, and (b) trisect it. 

4. Describe the following figures: rhomboid, 
rectangle, trapezoid. 

5. Within an oblong 2"x 4 r sketch a landscape 
at sunset, showing buildings in the foreground 



DRAWING 103 

and distant mountains against the sky. Desig- 
nate where lights and shades and shadows come. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. How do objects show color ? 

2. By drawings illustrate (a) apex; (b) ver- 
tex; '(c) axis. 

3. Combine the square and triangular prisms, 
giving the form of a house. Draw doors and 
windows, and shade. 

4. Describe the term " botanical drawing". 

5. Sketch some plant, paying especial atten- 
tion to> leading lines and balance. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Name three colors which when combined 
would produce analogous harmony. 

2. On a base line of 2", construct a square, 
obtaining the right angles by the geometric 
process. 

3. (a) With a radius of 2" describe a circle. 
(b) Divide it into quadrants, and (c) bisect one of 
them. 

4. Draw the plan and front elevations of a 
cylindrical lead pencil. Connect the projections 
to show the relation of parts. 

5. Define and illustrate (a) arc; (6) apex; (c) 
angle. 

NINTH YEAR 

1 . Name the color complementary to (a) orange; 



104 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

(b) green; (c) violet, (d) How may pink be pro- 
duced ? 

2. Draw the pattern of a conical ink-bottle, cir- 
cumference of bottom 6", top 2", scale \" tol". 

3. Make a working drawing of a hollow square 
prism, altitude 4", base 2", diameter of hol- 
low 1". 

4. Conventionalize some simple blossom pre- 
viously studied. 

5. (a) Sketch a chair, and (/>) place it in per- 
spective. 

GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 

FOURTH YEAR 

1 . Abbreviate (a) United States ; (b) January ; 

(c) Tuesday. 

2. Write a sentence asking a question. 

3. Form the plurals of fence, tooth, man and 
mouse. 

4. Write sentences properly using the words 
is and are. 

5-10. Write a letter to your mother, telling 
something about one of the following: A visit 
to the city ; a surprise party. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Write a sentence containing three adjectives 
and underscore them. 

2. Form the plurals of (a) leaf; (/>) tax; (c) 
tack; (d) child. 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 105 

3. Abbreviate (a) president; (b) George; (c) 
Pennsylvania; (d) Sunday. 

4. (a) What is the stem in the word bisect, 
and what is its meaning ? (6) Build two other 
English words upon the same stem. 

5. In the following sentence tell the subject 
and predicate : ' ' The sly fox ran swiftly. ' ' 

6-10. Write a composition of at least 100 
words on one of the following subjects : A boat 
ride; a trip to the lake; sunshine; my school- 
mates. Pay special attention to punctuation, 
spelling and division into paragraphs. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Write a sentence containing a compound 
prepositional phrase. 

2. Upon each of the following stems build one 
English word and give its meaning: script, port, 
lect. 

3. Define (a) a regular, (b) an irregular verb, 
and give an example of each. 

4. Compare little, small, bad, regular. 

5. Write sentences illustrating the proper uses 
of to and too. 

6. (a) Name all the parts of speech, and (b) 
define six of them. 

7. Give the principal parts of run, sit, eat, go, 
see. 

8-10. Write a composition of not less than 100 
words on any one of the following subjects: my 



106 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

pets I George Washington ; the Erie canal. Give 
special attention to spelling and the use of capi- 
tal letters. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Write a sentence containing (a) a passive 
and (b) an intransitive verb. 

2. Decline (a) thou; (b) conscience. 

3. Define and give an example of each kind 
of case. 

4. Give the principal parts of walk, light, am, 
see, slay. 

5. Define (a) adjective, (b) adverbial modifier. 
(c) What is an adjunct ? 

6. Name and define five kinds of nouns. 

7. Analyze: u The breaking waves dashed 
high on the old ship's sides, but she stood the 
gale. ' ' 

8. Parse (a) breaking; (b) sides 5 (c) stood 
(question 7). 

9. Tell each part of speech represented in the 
selection of question 7 and give the correspond- 
ing words. 

10. Write a sentence containing a participle 
used as the (a) subject of a sentence; (b) princi- 
pal word of a prepositional phrase. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

We are in a world of trouble. Sometimes 
these troubles are very deep, and we are in need 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 107 

of the comfort that goes as deep as the trouble, 
and is just as real. 

The first six questions refer to the above 
selection. 

1. Classify the following clauses: (a) We are 
(line 1); (b) troubles are; (c) that goes. 

2. Give the syntax of (a) world; (b) need; (c) 
we (line 2). 

3. Parse (a) these; (6) goes; (c) real. 

4. Select and classify all the phrases. 

5. Select and classify all words used as con- 
nectives. 

6. Analyze the selection by diagram or other- 
wise. 

7-8. Conjugate the verb give through the 
tenses of all the moods. 

9. Give the principal parts of ten irregular verbs. 

10. In what properties must (a) a pronoun 
agree with its antecedent ; (b) a finite verb agree 
with its subject ? 

NINTH YEAR 

Curious human, why disturb me, 
And with smooth words seek to curb me ? 
In the ages without number 
I was born of Night and Slumber. 
The first six questions refer to the foregoing 
passage. 

1. Select and classify all clauses. 



108 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

2. Classify the sentence as to form and use. 

3. What does and (line 2) connect ? 

4. Give the principal parts of all irregular 
verbs. 

5. Parse (a) disturb; (b) ages; (c) seek. 

6. Select (a) three adjective modifiers; (b) all 
the adverbial modifiers. 

7. Give a synopsis of the verb meet third per- 
son, singular, through indicative mood. 

8. "What is (a) a participle; (6) an infinitive ? 
(c) Give an example of each used as the subject 
of a sentence. 

9-10. Make a view showing all the classes, 
forms, principal parts and properties of verbs. 

CIVIL GOVEKNMENT 

1. Distinguish between majority and plurality. 

2. Name five town officers and give a duty of 
each. 

3. What are the qualifications of a voter in 
this State ? 

4. Explain the meaing of the term ' ' Electoral 
college". 

5. What is meant by (a) original, (b) appellate 
jurisdiction ? 

6. When is the time for holding the town 
meeting as required by statute law ? 

7. What is the basis of representation in the 
(a) house of representatives ; (b) State senate ? 



PHYSIOLOGY 109 

8. Define (a) bill of attainder; (b) writ of 
habeas corpus. 

9. Give the enacting clause used by the legis- 
lative body of this State. 

10. What is arbitration ? 

PHYSIOLOGY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. What is the only thing that will quench 
thirst ? 

2. What forms the framework of the body ? 

3. Why should we keep our feet dry ? 

4. Give two good rules in regard to eating. 

5. Why should we have plenty of exercise? 

6. Give two causes of children having impure 
blood. 

7. How should we sit at a desk ? 

8. What is the use of the stomach ? 

9. Name the four divisions of the heart. 

10. What is the effect of the use of alcoholic 
drinks on the heart and blood ? 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Describe the heart. 

2. Name an important tissue-making food. 

3. Name the five senses. 

4. Name three healthful drinks. 

5. Of what use to the body are fatty foods ? 

6. Give three good rules for the care of the 
hair. 



110 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

7. Can warm air be pure air ? 

8. Where is the sense of feeling located ? 

9. Name some of the various textures of which 
the blood is composed. 

10. What danger attends the moderate use of 
weak stimulants ? 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. What name is applied to each of the two 
layers of the skin ? 

2. Describe the structure of the muscles. 

3. How is the eye moistened ? 

4. What is the alimentary canal ? 

5. Where does digestion commence ? 

6. Name two causes of poor digestion. 

7. Define (a) pancreas ; (b) bile ; (c) diaphragm. 
8-9. Name and number the bones of the trunk. 
10. What effect on the nervous system has 

alcohol ? 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Name the divisions of the brain. 

2. What is the use of the spinal cord ? 

3. Describe ihe structure of the organs of the 
nervous system. 

4. Name the membranes surrounding the brain. 

5. What is the medulla oblongata ? 

0. What name is applied to the nerves which 
(a) carry the impression to the muscles; (/;) bring 
back the reply ? 



PHYSIOLOGY 111 

7. Mention three beneficial effects of exercise. 

8. What is cartilage and what is its use ? 

9. Name the three pairs of salivary glands. 

10. Beer drinking has what effect on the nerv- 
ous system ? 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Name the organs of circulation. 

2. Describe the composition of the blood. 

3. What are the capillaries ? 

4. What carries the blood from the (a) heart 
to the lungs; (6) lungs to the heart ? 

5. Name the four stages in the process of 
digestion. 

6. Describe briefly how beer is made. 

7. What membrane surrounds the (a) heart; 
(b) lungs; (c) brain ? 

8. What gives the blood its color ? 

9. Describe the structure of the lungs. 

10. What dangers attend the use of opium ? 

NINTH YEAR 

1 . What beneficial effects result from juducious 
bathing ? 

2. Describe the larynx. 

3. What and where are the vocal cords ? 

4. Describe the actions taken in (a) inspira- 
tion; (6) expiration. 

5. Name the two movements of the heart. 

6. Describe the auricles and give their use. 

7. What are the lymphatics ? 



112 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

8. Name three mineral matters needed in our 
food. 

9. What is the structure of the stomach ? 

10. Explain the fact that many men use alco- 
holic drinks all their lives, yet live to an extreme 
old age. 

HISTORY 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Name an English, a French, a Spanish, and 
a Dutch explorer, and describe the section ex- 
plored by each. 

2. Give the chief characteristics of the Ameri- 
can Indians. 

3. How did Franklin aid the cause of Ameri- 
can independence ? 

4. What was the direct cause of the Revolu- 
tionary war ? 

5. Describe (a) Boston tea party ; (b) stamp act. 

6. Give a brief account of Pontiac's war. 

7. For what is each of the following places 
noted : Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Valley Forge ? 

8. What important acquisition of territory 
was made during Jefferson's administration ? 

9. Name the thirteen original colonies and 
tell what nation settled each. 

10. What form of government existed* in" 8 the 

O fid 

colonies during the revolution ? 



HISTORY 113 



NINTH YEAR 



1. Account for the names (a) America; (b) 
Indians ; (c) Delaware ; (d) Maryland. 

2. Name and give the dates of five battles of 
the Revolutionary war. 

3. Who discovered (a) the Pacific ocean; (b) 
the Mississippi river ; (c) Labrador ? 

4. (a) Name the oldest city in the United 
States, (b) When and by whom was it settled ? 

5. Name one thing which hindered and one 
thing which helped the growth of Virginia. 

6. (a) What makes the Wyoming Valley his- 
toric ? (b) Where is this place ? 

7. Why was the continental money so depreci- 
ated during the latter part of the Eevolutionary 
war ? 

8. Name four battles of the Mexican war. 

9. What resulted from the passage of the 
Kansas-Nebraska bill ? 

10. Who was appointed to succeed General 
Gates after the battle of Camden ? 



114 



GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



SPELLING 



FOURTH, AND FIFTH YEARS 



1. raise, 

2. after, 

3. sunny, 

4. oblige, 

5. Sunday, 

6. fourth, 

7. value, 

8. charge, 

9. which, 

10. iron, 

11. ache, 

12. soothing, 

13. field, 

14. cousin, 

15. arrive, 

16. sour, 

17. growth, 

18. alcohol, 

19. building, 

20. studied, 

21. improve, 

22. pupil, 

23. easy, 

24. claim, 

25. somewhere, 



26. depart, 

27. closet, 

28. market, 

29. sail, 

30. eyes, 

31. America, 

32. Christmas, 

33. spring, 

34. demand, 

35. shovel, 

36. deny, 

37. canal, 

38. about, 

39. blend, 

40. certain, 

41. rare, 

42. swiftly, 

43. frame, 

44. group, 

45. sending, 

46. globe, 

47. broke, 

48. greedy, 

49. afraid, 

50. often. 



SPELLING 



115 



SIXTH AND SEVENTH YEARS 



1. 


arranged, 


26. 


telegraph, 


2. 


somewhat, 


27. 


soap-stone, 


3. 


. coffee, 


28. 


candid, 


4. 


cushion, 


29. 


darken, 


5. 


sausage, 


30. 


balsam, 


6. 


receive, 


31. 


twentieth, 


7. 


sardine, 


32. 


marked, 


8. 


knuckles, 


33. 


vagabond, 


9. 


bureau, 


34. 


preposition, 


10. 


wholly, 


35. 


shrewd, 


11. 


seclude, 


36. 


cucumber, 


12. 


college, 


37. 


cruel, 


13. 


their, 


38. 


govern, 


14. 


office, 


39. 


theatre, 


15. 


coffin, 


40. 


cubic, 


16. 


area, 


41. 


factory, 


IT. 


acre, 


42. 


oriole, 


18. 


suppose, 


43. 


fully, 


19. 


salute, 


44. 


conscience, 


20. 


chagrin, 


45. 


amend, 


21. 


vacate, 


46. 


Arkansas, 


22. 


emblem, 


47. 


N. B., 


23. 


eraser, 


48. 


8 vo., 


24. 


register, 


49. 


M.D., 


25. 


partner, 


50. 


Pres. 



116 



GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



EIGHTH AND NINTH YEARS 



1. wholesome, - 

2. amused, 

3. conflicting, 

4. participate, 

5. eradicate, 

6. civilization, 

7. mensuration, 

8. recommendation, 

9. circumference, 

10. adequate, 

11. currency, 

12. addition, 

13. physiology, 

14. dahlia, 

15. hereditary, 

16. hyphen, 

17. identify, 

18. certificate, 

19. ignorant, 

20. suspended, 

21. aristocrat, 

22. jurisdiction, 

23. immovable, 

24. enterprise, 

25. modifier. 



26. druggist, 

27. emancipate, 

28. niece, 

29. potential, 

30. auxiliary, 

31. separate, 

32. chimneys, 

33. capillary, 

34. pavilion, 

35. complimentary, 

36. mortise, 

37. itinerant, 

38. aching, 

39. erysipelas, 

40. Niagara, 

41. fictitious, 

42. parallel, 

43. accurate, 

44. simultaneous, 

45. athletic, 

46. scoundrel, 

47. serious, 

48. cordial, 

49. Louisiana, 

50. Yosemite. 



The ' ' second ' ' of the series of test examina- 
tions covering the second term's work. 

To be held on Thursday and Friday of the 
tenth week of the second term of school. 

AEITHMETIC 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Write in figures (a) nine hundred million 
six hiindred thousand five hundred eleven ; (6) 
two hundred six million seven hundred forty - 
two thousand six hundred fifty- six. 

2. Express in words (a) 656,981,724 ; (6) 
19,600,221. 

3. What will 2,987 bushels of wheat cost at 
75 cents per bushel ? 

4. How many acres of land will 1122,500 buy 
at $50 per acre ? 

5. Find the cost of the following bill: 

26 lbs. sugar @ $ .06 

42 lbs. coffee @ .50 

70 lbs. tea @ .65 

180 lbs. rice @ .04 

6. Write in Roman notation from 700 to 740. 

7. Write the sign of (a) addition; (b) subtrac- 
tion; (c) division; (d) equality. 

(117) 



118 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

8. If a man buys a house for $6,742.50 and 
sells it for $7,111.85, what does he gain ? 

9. Keduce to bushels (a) 2,652 pounds of oats; 
(6) 560,112 pounds of corn. 

10. Mod the sum of the following fractions : 



13 2 7 9 _4_ JL 6. 

"8 5 8 05 8 05 80 5 8 



FIFTH YEAR 



1. Write in Eoman notation (a) 987; (b) 

2. Of the following numbers tell which are 
prime and which are composite: 7, 18, 19, 23, 
27, 49, 17, 131. 

3. How many days from the 18th of April to 
the 27th of August ? 

4. A man buys oats at 32 cents per bushel ; if 
he feeds a pint twice a day, what is the expense 
per week? 

5. A person owning a farm of 640| acres sold 
\ of it ; how many acres had he left ? 

6. Bought 96 eggs at \\ cents a piece and sold 
them for 18 cents per dozen ; what was my gain ? 

7. Find the cost of 18} yards of carpet at 70 
ceDts per yard. 

8. How many times can a bottle holding \\ 
pints be filled from a tub holding 6 gallons ? 

9. If a man travels 67 T 4 T miles one day; ^^ 
the next, and 56 T 2 ¥ the next, how far does he 
travel in all ? 

10. How many cabbages would there be in 2 



ARITHMETIC 119 

tons, allowing an average weight of 5 pounds 
each? 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) common fraction; (b) decimal 
fraction; (c) concrete number. 

2. Find the cost of a farm 180 rods long, 56 
rods wide, at $60.50 per acre. 

3. Using your own and your classmate's name, 
make out and receipt the following bill : 

560 lbs. tobacco @ $ .35 
941 lbs. candy @ .44 
579 doz. oranges @ .38 

4. A metre is equal to 39.37 inches. How 
many metres in a mile ? 

5. If 10,000 pennies were divided into 16 equal 
parts, how many dollars would there be in each 
portion ? 

6. How is the denominator of a decimal de- 
termined ? 

7. Eeduce (a) 27 inches to the fraction of a 
mile; (b) 1,700 cubic inches to the fraction of 
a cubic yard. 

8. A man having -f Jf of a bushel of walnuts, 
sold 10 quarts of them ; what fractional part of 
a bushel had he left ? 

9. A father gave J of his property to one son, 
J to another, J to a third, and the remainder 
which was $2,500 to his daughter; what was 
the value of the estate ? 



120 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

10. Simplify 

(tV x |) ( T V - f )' 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Give (a) three multiples of 17; (b) three 
prime factors of 42. 

2. Express decimally the following : 6^,218^, 
16* fc ifc 219* £ 

3. Bought a horse for $210, and sold him so 
as to gain 16 %\ what was the selling price ? 

4. If the clouds move at the rate of one statute 
mile in two minutes, how long would it take 
them to move 71° ? 

5. I sell 40 yards of cloth for $85, and lose 
15 %\ at how much per yard ought I to sell it to 
gain 22 % ? 

6. Change 267,429 cents to (a) dollars; (b) 
sovereigns. 

7. Eeduce .578125 of a bushel to lower de- 
nominations. 

8. An agent receives a remittance of $46,708, 
with which to purchase grain at a commission 
of 2 J % ; what will be the amount of the purchase ? 

9. Bought butter for 19 cents per pound, and 
sold it for 21 cents ; what was my gain per cent ? 

10. A cargo of 8,500 bushels of corn, worth 
45 cents per bushel, is insured at 2|^, on f of its 
value ; if the cargo is lost, what will be the loss 
of the (a) owner; (b) company ? 



ARITHMETIC 121 



EIGHTH YEAR 



1. Define (a) promissory note ; (b) bank note. 

2. What sum of money put at interest for 6 
years, 4 months, at 7 %, will amount to $2,692 ? 

3. A, owning | of a factory, sold J of his 
share to B ; after working two years, B found that 
he had made a clear profit of 30 %, and then had 
$2,000 ; what was the value of the whole factory ? 

4. Find the present worth and discount of a 
note for $224, given for 2 years, 6 months, at 7 % ? 

5. A man invested $26,667 in stocks at 107 J, 
brokerage \ % ; how many shares did he buy ? 

6. The difference in time between two places is 

7 hr. 26 min. 40 sec. ; what is the difference in 
longitude ? 

7. A sells 9, 000 lbs. of pork at 6 cents per pound 
on S% commission; B receives $650 to invest 
after deducting his commission of 2 % ; does A, 
or B earn more money ? 

8. I invested $7,819.20 in stock at 108; if the 
stock pays me $506.80 annually, what rate per 
cent do I receive on my investment ? 

9. Find the capacity in barrels of a tank 18 ft. 

8 in. long, 5 ft. 3 in. wide, and 3 ft. 6 in. high. 

10. What would it cost to build a- walk 110 
feet long, 4 feet wide, using plank 2 inches thick, 
worth $18.50 per M. board feet ? 



122 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



NINTH YEAR 



1. Define (a) extreme; (b) cube root; (c) hy- 
pothenuse ; (d) perfect power. 

2. What ratio is expressed by the following : 

3 : 7 

4 : 13? 
7 : 2 

3. If 4 men, in 2 J days, mow 6§ acres of 
grass, by working 8 | hours a day, how many 
acres will 15 men mow in 3} days, working 9 
hours per day ? (Solve by proportion). 

4. Three persons traded together; A put in 
$460 for 6 months; B $520 for 5 months; and C 
$600 for 4 months; if they gained $890, what 
would be each man's share of the profits ? 

5. A grocer has teas worth 60 cents, 68 cents 
and 80 cents per pound; in what proportion 
may he mix them to form a quality worth 70 
cents per pound ? 

6. Eaise the number 27.5 to the third power 
and extract the square root of the power. 

7. If the base of a triangle is 20 feet and the 
perpendicular is 45 feet, what would be the 
length of the hypothenuse ? 

8. A cubical box contains 84,604,519 solid 
inches ; what is the area of one side ? 

9. Reduce (a) 487 rods to metres ; (b) 14 pounds 
avoirdupois to grammes. 

10. Find (a) the diameter of a circle whose 



GEOGRAPHY 123 

circumference is 50 feet; (b) the circumference 
of a circle whose diameter is 50 feet. 

GEOGKAPHY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) peninsula; (b) plain; (c) plateau. 

2. Name the New England States. 

3. Name four capes on the eastern coast of 
the United States. 

4. What are the chief pursuits of the people 
of the Southern States ? 

5 . In what State are (a) Adirondack mountains ; 

(b) Alleghany mountains ; (c) White mountains ? 

6. Name (a) five oceans; (6) two gulfs; (c) 
four islands. 

7. Where are tobacco and sugar cane largely 
grown ? 

8. By what is Europe bounded on the south ? 

9. For what is Cuba noted ? 

10. By what are the laws made (a) in this 
State; (6) in the United States ? 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Locate (a) Arctic circle; (b) tropic of cancer; 

(c) tropic of Capricorn. 

2. Name three peninsulas in Asia. 

3. Describe three important rivers "of Africa. 

4. Name and locate a mountain chain of (a) 
Europe; (6) Africa; (c) South America. 



124 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

5. Name the countries of South America bor- 
dering on the Atlantic. 

6. What large island south-east of Africa ? 

7. (a) Where is Alaska ? (6) Why have so 
many people recently gone there ? 

8. (a) What large desert in Africa ? (b) What 
is the cause of the deserts ? 

9. Name a product of (a) Italy; (6) India; (c) 
Philippine Islands. 

10. What territorial possessions has the United 
States recently acquired ? 

SIXTH -YEAR 

1. Give four rivers of New York which belong 
to different river systems, and name the systems. 

2. Name two counties of this State in which 
salt is found. 

3. (a) Name the towns of the county in which 
you live, (b) What is the capital of your county ? 

4. What river is the outlet of the group of 
lakes in central New York ? 

5. Name and locate three river systems west 
of the Eocky mountains. 

6. Name a State in which each of the follow- 
ing minerals are extensively mined : coal, gold, 
iron, lead, copper. 

7. What parts of this State produce large 
quantities of excellent apples ? 

8. Name the two motions of the earth and 
give the result of each. 



GEOGRAPHY 125 

9-10. Name the counties of this State. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Draw an outline map of Australia and five 
of the large islands near it. 

2. Locate on the above map three important 
cities. 

3. Locate on the map all the important rivers 
and lakes. 

4. Name (a) ten islands; (b) five groups of 
islands of Oceanica. 

5. State the chief export of (a) Java; (b) 
Borneo; (c) Australia. 

6. What country holds extensive possessions in 
the East Indies ? 

7. What islands of Oceanica are under British 
rule ? 

8. (a) AVhich is the largest of the Sandwich 
islands ? (6) What is the capital of this group ? 

9. What two distinct races of mankind inhabit 
Oceanica ? 

10. What valuable minerals are found in 
Australia ? 

NINTH YEAR 

i. When do the sun's rays fall most vertically 
in (a) New York; (b) Valparaiso ? 

2. Describe each of the following: Trinidad, 
Terra del Fuego, Orinoco, St. Eoque, Candia, 
Ehone. 



126 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

3. Explain why we find all kinds of climate 
on the equator. 

4. Name four provinces of the Dominion of 
Canada. 

5. (a) What are isothermal lines ? (b) Why 
do they not extend parallel with the lines mark- 
ing latitude ? 

6. Name three rivers whose mouths are (a) 
estuaries; (6) deltas. 

7. What name is applied to the grassy plains 
of (a) South America; (b) Asia; (c) North 
America ? 

8. Name three advantages which have con- 
tributed to the growth of Buffalo. 

9. Name two rivers which form boundaries 
between the United States and (a) Mexico; (6) 
British America. 

10. How would you go by water from Duluth 
to Cairo ? 

DRAWING 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. (a) What is harmony ? (b) Name two 
kinds of harmony. 

2. Draw the outline of an eraser 9 r/ long, 3" 
wide, scale \" to 1". 

3. Describe the cube, telling the number and 
kinds of faces, corners and edges. 

4. Draw the pattern of a right triangular 
prism. 



DRAWING 127 

5. Draw the plan and elevation of the solid 
mentioned in question 4. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. What three colors cannot be produced by 
mixing other colors ? 

2. Draw a window with six lights, each 12" 
by 6", scale i" to 1". 

3. Draw some simple flower, and shade. 

4. Draw the pattern of a V cubical box with 
hinged lid attached. 

5. Sketch some object (as a table or chair) 
and show where convergence is illustrated. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Write a table showing the six positive spec- 
trum colors and the complementary color of each. 

2. Draw the plan, front and side elevations of 
a hemisphere. 

3. Sketch the same solid, placed in front and 
below the level of the eye, and shade. 

4. (a) Construct a circle whose diameter is 3". 
(b) Designate its radius. 

5. Draw a square prism in both angular and 
parallel perspective. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. State a method of finding whether or not 
your patterns are erroneous. 

2. Draw the front, top and bottom views of 
a spool of thread placed on one end. 



128 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

3. What is conventionalization ? 

4. (a) Draw a leaf of the maple and tell where 
the principal of (b) symmetry, (c) repetition is 
illustrated. 

5. Sketch from memory some American mon- 
ument or Egyptian temple, and shade. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. (a) How would you form a contrasted har- 
mony ? (b) Name and define two other harmonies. 

2. (a) Construct an isosceles triangle, base 2", 
altitude 4", scale \" to 1" . (6) Bisect the angle 
used at the apex. 

3. Conventionalize some plant, paying especial 
attention to balance of main lines. 

4. Draw the pattern of a cuff, with one 
rounded and one square corner. 

5. Define and illustrate by drawings (a) diago- 
nal line; (b) vertex; (c) perimeter. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. (a) What is fore- shortening ? (b) Name 
the three divisions of cross sections. 

2. Draw the plan, front and side elevations of 
an oblate spheroid. 

3. Select three points not in the same line and 
describe a circle through them. 

4. Inscribe a square a square and a regular 
octagon within a circle. 

5. Define and illustrate by drawings (a) axis; 
(6) hypothenuse; (c) transverse diameter. 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 129 

GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Write a sentence and underscore the sub- 
ject and predicate. 

2. What three words are always articles ? 

3. When must a verb be (a) plural ; (b) singular ? 

4. Abbreviate forenoon, captain, Monday, 
December. 

5-10. Write a composition of at least 100 
words on one of the following subjects: the 
different kinds of people ; gathering nuts. Give 
especial attention to proper use of words. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Write sentences illustrating the proper uses 
of the words sit and set. 

2. Write a sentence containing two common 
and two proper nouns. 

3. Name two ways of forming plurals. 

4-5. Write a letter to your cousin, telling him 
about your pets or flowers. Give special atten- 
tion to form of letter and language used. 

6-10. Write a composition of at least 125 
words on any one of the following subjects : a 
sleighride ; the freedom of summer; a bird's 
nest. Give attention to spelling, punctuation 
and use of capital letters. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Write a sentence containing two clauses. 



130 , GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

2. Write sentences illustrating the proper uses 
of the words oar and ore. 

3. Name and define the three degrees of com- 
parison. 

4. Write a sentence containing (a) a personal, 
(b) a relative, (c) an interrogative pronoun. 

5. State the force of each of the following 
prefixes : ante, in, pre, post, semi. 

6-7. Write a letter to a friend, giving atten- 
tion to the form and punctuation of the letter 
as well as to the contents. 

8-10. Write an essay of at least 150 words on 
one of the following subjects : The discovery of 
America; slavery. Give attention to proper 
use of words and division into paragraphs. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

The fervid eloquence and strong will of Henry 
Clay admirably fitted him to take a leading part 
in the debates of the senate. 

Questions 1 to 6 inclusive refer to the above 
selection. 

1. Analyze the sentence by diagram or other- 
wise. 

2. Select all the phrases and classify them. 

3. Select (a) a participial adjective; (b) two 
common adjectives. 

4. Parse (a) eloquence ; (b) him ; (c) admirably. 

5. Give the syntax of (a) will; (b) part; (c) 
senate. 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 131 

6. Classify the sentence as to its form and use. 

7. Decline the personal pronoun of the (a) first, 
(b) third person. 

8. Conjugate the verb be in all the tenses of the 
indicative mode. 

9. Give three rules for the use of the comma. 

10. Write a sentence illustrating (a) subject 
clause; (b) objective clause. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

Few teachers of to-day realize the difference 
between the startling experiences of the school- 
masters of long ago, and the many conveniences 
of the teachers of the present, without feeling 
the benefit of our present advanced educational 
system. 

Questions one to six inclusive refer to the 
above selection. 

1. Select and classify all the clauses. 

2. Select and classify all the phrases. 

3. Give three modifiers of (a) system; (b) 
experiences. 

4. Parse (a) teacher; (6) realize; (c) feeling; 
(d) between. 

5. Select (a) seven prepositions; (b) seven ad- 
jectives ; (c) compare all adjectives that admit of 
comparison. 

6. Analyze the sentence by diagram or other- 
wise. 

7. Decline (a) he; (6) bird; (c) thou. 



132 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

8. Conjugate (a) fly in the potential mode ; (b) 
row in the subjunctive mode. 

9. Define (a) proper noun; (b) collective noun, 
and give an example of each. 

10. Build four English words upon the stem 
cour, and define each of them. 

NINTH YEAR 

The new constitution met with the most violent 
opposition. The people were divided into two 
classes — the Federalists and the anti-Federalists. 
The former favored the constitution and sought 
to increase the powers of the national govern- 
ment ; the latter opposed it, and feared too much 
national power, lest a monarchy should be estab- 
lished. — Barnes. 

The first seven questions refer to the above 
passage. 

1. Select and classify four clauses. 

2. Select and classify all the connectives. 

3. Give all the modifiers of (a) power; (b) 
feared. 

4. Classify all verbs as (a) transitive or in- 
transitive; (6) active or passive. 

5. Parse (a) met; (6) Federalists; (c) sought. 

6. Give the syntax of (a) people; (b) powers; 
(c) government. 

7. Select and classify all adjectives. 

8. Give a synopsis of the verb burn, second 
person plural, through all the moods. 



CIVIL GOVERNMENT 133 

9. Name three nouns which (a) have the same 
form for either number; (6) are always plural 
in form. 

10, Illustrate the double construction of case 
in the pronoun what. 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT 

1. What is the fundamental law of (a) the 
United States; (b) this State? 

2. By whom and for how long are the United 
States senators chosen ? 

3. Define (a), caucus; (b) convention; (c) bill; 
(d) law. 

4. (a) What is a chattel mortgage ? (6) For 
what purpose are they given ? 

5. Name five powers denied to congress. 

6. What classes of people cannot hold public 
offices ? 

7. Define (a) slander; (b) libel, and give the 
penalty of each. 

8. State the qualifications of (a) governor; 
(b) member of assembly ; (c) U. S. senator. 

9. Describe the actions taken in a criminal case. 

10. For how long are each of the following 
officers elected: (a) Eegents of the University; 
(b) comptroller; (c) county judge; (d) school 
commissioner ? 



134 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

PHYSIOLOGY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Name three foods which make pure blood. 

2. Where is the blood purified ? 

3. Give three rules for the care of the teeth. 

4. Name the five senses. 

5. What are the evil results of poor ventila- 
tion ? 

6. Why should we not eat between meals ? 

7. Why are the bones of children not as easily 
broken as those of aged people ? 

8. Tell how the stomach may be disordered. 

9. Of what are the muscles composed ? 

10. Name three alcoholic drinks. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Of what two layers is the skin composed ? 

2. How should we eat ? 

3. Of what use is an open fireplace, even if 
it is not used for heating purposes ? 

4. Give three uses of the skin. 

5. How should the eyes be cared for ? 

6. What kind of drinks will make impure 
blood ? 

7. What gives the blood its color ? 

8. Name three different kinds of teeth. 

9. What and where is the strongest bone in 
the body ? 

10. Describe the brain. 



PHYSIOLOGY 135 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) peritoneum ; (b) periosteum. 
2-3. Describe fully the process of digestion. 

4. What is the drum of the ear ? 

5. What and where is the pylorus, and what 
is its function ? 

6. What organ secretes (a) bile; (b) gastric 
juice ; (c) pancreatic juice ? 

7. What bad effect may follow holding a book 
too near the eyes while reading ? 

8. Qive three uses of the skin. 

9. Name some kinds of meat which are easy 
to digest. 

10. What effect has alcohol on the stomach 
and digestion ? 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) larnyx ; (b) trachea; (c) bronchial 
tubes. 

2. What is accomplished by mastication ? 

3. What is the thoracic duct ? 

4. How does alcohol effect the moral condition 
of the mind ? 

5. What are ligaments ? 

6-7. Name and number the bones of the head. 

8. Name the three classes of nerves. 

9. What is the use of the intestinal juice ? 



136 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

10. Name two ways in which alcohol gets in- 
to the blood after taken into the stomach. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. From what is a nail produced ? 

2. What is the use of the hair ? 

3. Define (a) myopia; (b) presbyopia. 

4. What is tissue ? 

5. What is the natural shape of the chest ? 

6. Of what is the skull composed ? 

7. What and where is the sternum ? 

8. What kind of a joint is found at the (a) 
shoulder; (b) elbow; (c) wrist ? 

9. How are the muscles arranged ? 

10. Name the four stages of intoxication. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. What two liquids are found in the interior 
of the eye ? 

2. Describe the duodenum. 

3. What are the organs of absorption in the 
stomach ? 

4. Give three evil effects of rapid eating. 

5. What is the general effect of the use of 
tobacco in youth ? 

6. With what are the nostrils lined ? 

7. Make a drawing showing the correct shape 
of the spine. 



HISTORY 137 

8. What and where are the villi, and what 
are their functions ? 

9. Define (a) papilla; (b) papillae; (c) cornea. 

10. Describe the effect of alcohol on the 
breathing capacity. 

HISTOEY 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. What was the (a) navigation act; (6) em- 
bargo act ? 

2. Why were the Quakers so cruelly treated 
by many of the other colonists ? 

3. Describe the expedition against Fort 
Duquesne. 

4. What colony was not represented in the 
first continental congress ? 

5. Describe the following battles : Lexington, 
Monmouth, Brandy wine. 

* 6. What was the effect of Cornwallis's sur- 
render at Yorktown ? 

7. What difficulty did we have with France 
during Washington's administration ? 

8. Write a description of the trouble between 
Hamilton and Burr. 

9. How was the year 1807 made memorable ? 

10. What was the cause of the war of 1812 ? 



138 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

NINTH YEAR 

1. In what wars has the United States been 
engaged since 1815 ? Give their dates. 

2. Mention an important event of (a) Jack- 
son's, (b) Hayes's administration. 

3. Mention a battle of the civil war fought in 
(a) Pennsylvania; (6) Georgia; (c) Virginia. 

4. In what battle did LaFayette first fight ? 

5. Name the three cities which have been the 
capitals of the United States. 

6. Mention the important results of the (a) 
war of 1812; (b) civil war. 

7. What territorial possessions have we ac- 
quired by (a) conquest; (6) purchase ? 

8. WhoVas secretary of the treasury during 
Washington's administration ? 

9-10. Make a view showing the names of all 
the presidents, the number and the dates of the 
terms each served, and the political party to 
which each belonged. 



SPELLING 



139 



SPELLING 



FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS 



1. always, 

2. party, 

3. scholar, 

4. parrot, 

5. army, 

6. lumber-yard, 

7. names, 

8. which, 

9. many, 

10. clock, 

11. mother, 

12. saucer, 

13. ink-stand, 

14. each, 

15. during, 

16. twilight, 

17. faded, 

18. afterwards, 

19. travel, 

20. chalk, 

21. equator, 

22. Orleans, 

23. camp, 

24. mistake, 

25. towel, 



26. comb, 

27. brain, 

28. adverb, 

29. goose, 

30. above, 

31. insure, 

32. consist, 

33. onion, 

34. children, 

35. mouse, 

36. whistle, 

37. invent, 

38. eighth, 

39. string, 

40. fence, 

41. abused, 

42. ashamed, 

43. seal, 

44. river, 

45. use, 

46. ready, 

47. chest, 

48. organs, 

49. nerves, 

50. effect. 



140 



GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



SIXTH AND SEVENTH YEARS 



1. handsome, 

2. reading, 

3. bought, 

4. orator, 

5. molasses, 

6. medicine, 

7. rival, 

8. parcel, 

9. label, 

10. taught, 

11. profuse, 

12. elegant, 

13. syllable, 

14. truly, 

15. hundred, 

16. amused, 

17. oyster, 

18. oral, 

19. balance, 

20. amazed, 

21. catarrh, 

22. reign, 

23. teasing, 

24. contrast, 

25. cause, 



26. freshet, 

27. artless, 

28. conceit, 

29. thieve, 

30. enormous, 

31. leather, 

32. fraction, 

33. oasis, 

34. islands, 

35. Arkansas, 

36. Arabella, 

37. sliver, 

38. sensible, 

39. unity, 

40. condense, 

41. gypsy, 

42. depot, 

43. saltpeter, 

44. session, 

45. mention, 

46. leisure, 

47. lament, 

48. asst., 

49. deft., 

50. LL.D. 



SPELLING 



141 



EIGHTH AND NINTH YEARS 



1. habitual, 

2. committee, 

3. dynamite, 

4. mysterious, 

5. valuable, 

6. similarly, 

7. cashier, 

8. kerosene, 

9. Louisiana, 

10. surgeon, 

11 . enamel, 

12. suicide, 

13. monotonous, 

14. conscience, 

15. explanation, 

16. critical, 

17. impartial, 

18. attorney, 

19. individually, 

20. acquaintance, 

21. supposition, 

22. sufficient, 

23. achievement, 

24. hearth, 

25. sacrifice, 



26. exercises, 

27. San Francisco, 

28. cassimere, 

29. belligerent, 

30. revenue, 

31. politician, 

32. analysis, 

33. succession, 

34. aqueduct, 

35. fertilize, 

36. manufacture, 

37. articulate, 

38. separate, 

39. consequence, 

40. trustee, 

41. phrase, 

42. recipe, 

43. plaintiff, 

44. defendant, 

45. stanza, 

46. Russian, 

47. Shakespeare, 

48. emperor, 

49. maj., 

50. sen. 



The ' ' third ' ' o/ ^e series of test examinations 
covering the second term's work. 

To be held on Thursday and Friday of the 
fifteenth week of the second term of school. 

AEITHMETIC 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Express in words (a) DCCXCIX ; (b) 
CMLXIV. 

2. Write in figures (a) two hundred sixty - 
seven million one hundred ten thousand ten ; (b) 
nine hundred one million seven thousand seven 
hundred. 

3. A man bought 26 sheep at 14 per head and 
42 at 13 per head ; what did he pay for all ? 

4. Write the table for (a) time; (b) long 
measure. 

5. Write the abbreviation for (a) hour; (b) 
minute; (b) mile; (d) feet; (e) ounces. 

6. What will 19} tons of coal cost at 19.40 
per ton ? 

7. How many (a) inches, (b) feet in 16 rods ? 

8. (8X6)-(TX4)+(6X7) equals how many? 

9. A boy having f of an apple was given as 
much more ; how much had he them ? 

(142) 



ARITHMETIC 143 

10. Tell what the numerator and denominator 
in the following fractions show : T 9 T . 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Express in words (a) MDCIX; (6) if; (c) 
11,007,904. 

2. A grocer sold 158 pints of beans at 5 cents 
per pint; if he paid $2.50 per bushel, what was 
his gain ? 

3. A man gave a note on July 20, 1896, to be 
paid on October 28, 1896; how many days did 
the note run ? 

4. Find the cost of the following bill : 

16 1 lbs. ham @ $ .12 
18 lbs. veal @ .14 J 
20i lbs. mutton® .10 

5. If 8 men can build a house in 56 days, how 
long will it take one man to build it ? 

6. Add 647, 99 and 874; subtract 104 from 
this sum, and multiply the remainder by 56. 

7. A man earns $1,080 per year, and during 
this length] of time his expenses amount to $450 ; 
in how many years will he save $5,040 ? 

8. Bought 285 loads of wheat, each load con- 
taining 46 bushels, worth $1J per bushel; what 
was the cost ? 

9. A boy spent at different times as follows: 
$i, H, H, H, $A; how much did he spend in aU? 

10. How many feet in a (a) rod; (6) yard; (c) 
mile ? 



144 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) a square; (6) a cube. 

2. At 12 i cents a foot, what will be the cost 
of a cable 2,180 miles long '? 

3. How many grains in 4 pounds (a) troy 
weight ; (b) avoirdupois weight ? 

4. Write the abbreviation for (a) grains; (6) 
barrel; (c) quart; (d) second. 

5. If $8£ will buy 3f bushels of beans, how 
many bushels will $26 buy ? 

6. What decimal part of a ton is 480 pounds ? 

7. A man bought 180 acres of land for $4,155 ; 
he afterward sold 60 acres of it at $33.75 per 
acre, and the remainder a $36.50 per acre; how 
much did he gain ? 

8. Find the cost of carpeting a room 20 feet 
long and 17 feet wide, with carpet a yard wide, 
worth 80 cents per linear y ard, the strips to run 
lengthwise. 

9. How many cords of wood in a pile (a) 80 
feet long and 6 feet high; (b) 96 feet long, 8 feet 
high and 6 feet thick ? 

10. How many gallons in a cistern 10 feet 
square and 7 feet deep ? 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) premium ; (b) tax ; (c) real estate ; 
(d) inventory. 

2. A farmer received $1.25 per bushel for 3 
loads of wheat, weighing as follows: 1,867, 



ARITHMETIC 145 

1,961, 2,007 pounds respectively; how much did 
he receive for all ? 

3. The roof of a barn is 50 feet long and each 
of the two sides is 24 feet wide; how many 
shingles would be required to cover it, if each 
shingle is 5 inches wide and is laid 4J inches to 
the weather ? How many bunches would be 
required ? 

4. How many (a) cubic inches in a gallon ; (b) 
cubic inches in a bushel ; (c) statute miles in a 
degree ; (d) feet in a fathom ? 

5. Bought 12 sheep at $3 apiece, and after los- 
ing three of them by disease, sold the remainder 
at 15 per head ; what was my gain per cent ? 

6. What would be my school tax on an assess- 
ment of $12, 800, if the assessed valuation of the 
district is $256,000; the expenses are $390; and 
the amount of public money received is $102 ? 

7. What will it cost to insure a factory valued 
at $18,700, at \%\ and the contents valued at 
$14,400, atf ^? 

8. A man owning 33 % of a mill, sold 20 % of 
his share; if he still owned interests to the 
amount of $1,600, what was the value of the 
whole mill ? 

9 . Eeduce 1.61 leagues to lower denominations . 

10. Simplify 

(fXA + |) _ (2f + 9j) 
(fXf-f) ' (9f-4f)' 



146 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) insurance; (b) commission; (c) 
bank discount. ' 

2. Divide a tract of land 3 miles square into 
24 farms of equal size. 

3. When it is 1 o'clock, A. M., on the first 
day of December, at Eastport, Me., 67° W., 
what is the time at St. Petersburg, 30° 19' E.? 

4. Bought 42 shares of Union Pacific railroad 
stock at a discount of 12 J $, and sold it at a pre- 
mium of 8 % ; what was my gain ? 

5. What is the difference between the true and 
bank discount of a note for $980, given for 2J 
years, discounted on the day it was given ? 

6. A broker received 164.80 for selling 24 
shares of stock at 3 % commission ; what was 
the market value of the stock ? 

7. The sum of two numbers is 567, and their 
difference is 60 ; what are the numbers ? 

8. Name ten different classes of numbers and 
define each. 

9. A can shear 41 sheep in a day, B 63, and 
C 54 ; what is the number of sheep in the small- 
est flock that would furnish exact days' labor for 
each of them shearing alone ? 

10. Simplify 

VT I TT X 3") \/ (,T6 ~^~ "8V 

(6i + f- T V) (1X1)' 



ARITHMETIC 147 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) evolution; (b) prime number ; (c) 
negotiable note. 

2. St. Petersburg is 30° 19' E., and Sitka is 
132° 19'" 42" W. What is the difference in time ? 

3. What is the present worth of a debt of 
$2,600, of which $1,600 is to be paid in 10 
months, and the remainder in 1 year 6 months ? 

4. How many rods of fence will be required 
to inclose 20 acres of land in the form of a square ? 

5. ' A bin is 5 metres long, 4 metres 8 centi- 
metres wide, and 6 metres 3 decimetres deep; 
how many hectolitres will it contain ? 

6. What will it cost to build a walk 4 feet wide 
around the two sides and one end of a building 
80 feet long and 45 feet wide, the material cost- 
ing 16 J cents per square yard ? 

7. A building is 40 feet wide and its ridge is 8 
feet higher than the beams ; what would be the 
length of the rafters required ? 

8. In 1 year 4 months $311.50 amounted to 
$336.42 ; what was the rate of interest ? 

9. How many acres in a circular island 420 
rods in circumference ? 

10. Extract the cube root of 18667.060521. 
Correct to three decimal places. 



148 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

GEOGEAPHY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Define (a) volcano; (6) sea; (c) mountain. 

2. What great river drains the Mississippi 
Valley ? 

3. State approximately the population of the 
United States. 

4. Name the five great lakes. 

5. Name five rivers of Europe. 

6. Locate (a) Hudsons Bay ; (6) Gulf of Guinea ; 
(c) Mackenzie river. 

7. Name the largest (a) island; (b) sea; (c) 
river; (d) ocean. 

8. Where are (a) Eocky mountains; (b) Green 
mountains; (c) Ural mountains; (d) Himalaya 
mountains ? 

9. Name four minerals found in the United 
States. 

10. What is evaporation ? 

FIFTH YEAR 

1 . Define (a) climate ; (&) latitude ; (c) longitude. 

2. Name five places where gold is found. 

3. Locate the following islands: Greenland, 
Hayti, Java, Ceylon. 

4. Name four capes on the coast of South 
America. 

5. Describe the following rivers: Penobscot, 
Connecticut, Kennebec. 



GEOGRAPHY 149 

6. Name the States which border on the At- 
lantic ocean. 

7. Name two countries which are mostly in- 
habited by (a) Mongolians ; (6) Caucasians. 

8. Name a mountain chain of each of the 
grand divisions. 

9. Draw an outline map of Africa. 

10. Locate on the above map three rivers, two 
mountain chains, two cities. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Give all the natural boundaries of this State. 

2. Mention two physical features of this State 
which present beautiful scenery. 

3. Locate ten of the largest cities in this State. 

4. What parallel forms the northern boundary 
of (a) United States; (6) N. Temperate Zone; 

(c) S. Frigid Zone ? 

5. Name (a) four cities of Europe; (b) two 
cities of Asia connected with the ports of Amer- 
ica by steamship lines. 

6. Compare British America and the United 
States as to (a) size ; (b) climate ; (c) population ; 

(d) government. 

7. What river flows between (a) Kentucky and 
Missouri; (b) Maine and New Brunswick; (c) 
Michigan and Canada ? 

8. Mention all the principal river systems of 
the United States. 



150 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

9. Make a list of all the principal mountain 
chains in the United States. 

10. Name four modifications of climate. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. Name ten rivers of (a) Europe; (6) Asia. 

2. Name all the gulfs and bays indenting the 
coast of Asia. 

3. Locate the following cities : Pekin, Genoa, 
Vienna, Valparaiso, Dublin, Omaha. 

4. State the chief exports of (a) London, (b) 
Odessa; (c) Calcutta. 

5. Name three lakes of each of the grand 
divisions. 

6. What is the difference in hours between (a) 
Eastern and Mountain time ; (b) Pacific and Cen- 
tral time ? 

7. What and where are each of the following: 
Yokohoma, Yukon, Mozambique, Hecla ? 

8. Into what zones is Africa divided ? 

9. Describe the chief features of the govern- 
ment and people of Mexico. 

10. Describe three ways in which a person 
could travel by water from San Francisco to 
New York. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Account for the fact that we have our cold- 
est weather several weeks after the vertical rays 
of the sun fall farthest away. 



GEOGRAPHY — DRAWING 151 

2. Name two ocean currents and tell the effect 
of each on the climate near it. 

3. What five large rivers flow across Prussia ? 

4. (a) What waters indent the coast of Holland ; 
(6) for what purpose are dykes built on the coast 
of this country ? 

5. How do the rivers of Switzerland facilitate 
its manufacturing ? 

6. Name ten seas on the coast of Asia. 

7. Name the two principal islands of the 
Japan empire. 

8. What is the prevailing religion of (a) 
Turkey; (6) Persia; (c) China; (d) Italy ? 

9. What name is applied to the ruler of (a) 
Japan ; (b) Egypt ; (c) Eussia ; id) Turkey ? 

10. What is the cause of (a) volcanoes; (b) 
earthquakes; (c) cyclones; (d) dews; (e) fogs; 
(/) rain; (g) hail? 

DEAWING 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. How would you produce (a) a tint of green; 
(b) a shade of green ? 

2. Sketch a branch with cherries on it, and 
shade. 

3. Draw a wagon wheel 60 inches high, scale 
tV" to 1". 

4. Draw the plan and elevation of a square 
prism. 



152 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

5. (a) Sketch a chair, and shade, (b) Show 
where convergence is illustrated. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. (a) In what flower might you find dominant 
harmony ? (6) What colors are usually found on 
the leaf of the maple in the fall ? 

2. (a) Draw a horizontal line 3" long; (b) bi- 
sect it, and (c) erect a vertical line 2" long at the 
point of bisection. 

3. What is (a) an angle; (b) a right angled 
triangle ? 

4. Draw the plan and elevation of an oblong 
shaped dish. Dimensions optional. 

5. Sketch a cube, a cone and a square pyra- 
mid, and shade. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. (a) What is a hue ? (6) How would you 
produce a hue of green ? 

2. Describe the equilateral triangular prism, 
telling (a) the number and shape of its faces; (b) 
the number and kinds of corners and edges. 

3. Draw the pattern of some object in vase 
form, altitude 3". 

4. Draw the plan, front and end elevations of 
a cylinder, base 2", altitude 4", scale \" to 1" . 

5. Sketch a hemisphere and (b) modify to 
represent an earthen cup, and shade. 



DRAWING 153 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. What is a working drawing ? 

2. Define and illustrate (a) base, (b) apex; (c) 
radius. 

3. Conventionalize some blossom. 

4: Draw the pattern of a half of a square prism 
divided diagonally, base 2", altitude 4". 

5. Sketch a square pyramid, placed on one of 
its sides in front and below the level of the eye, 
and shade. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Construct (a) a scalene triangle; (b) an ob- 
tuse-angled triangle ; (c) an acute angled triangle. 

2. Within a circle having a diameter of 4", 
inscribe a regular octogon. 

3. Circumscribe a circle around a regular 
hexagon. 

4. (a) Draw an angle of 45°, and (b) bisect it. 

5. (a) Within an oblong 4" by 6", sketch in 
the foreground a farm house with a road passing 
beside it, back of which is an active volcano and 
mountains, (b) Point out where convergence is 
illustrated. 

NINTH YEAR 

1. Make lists of (a) the nine warm colors; (b) 
the nine cool colors ; (c) the three primary colors ; 
(d) the three secondary colors. 

2. Draw an oblique cross -section of a hollow 
cylinder. Dimensions optional. 



154 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

3. (a) Draw two lines which intersect, making 
an angle, and (b) construct another angle equal 
to it. 

4. Inscribe an equilateral triangle and a regu- 
lar hexagon within a circle. 

5. Make a working drawing of a square pyra- 
mid, base 1", altitude 2", 

GEAMMAE AND LANGUAGE 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Form the plurals of wolf, bear, orange, foot. 

2 . Change the following sentences to questions : 
(a) Bears growl ; (b) bees buzz. 

3. Write sentences using the word fly in two 
different meanings. 

4. Correct the errors in the following sentences : 
(a) I be going; (6) are I going; (c) they is going. 

5-10. Write a letter of 100 words to your 
teacher, telling him about the pleasures of your 
vacation. Give special attention to form of 
letter and punctuation. 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Upon the stem con build two English words 
and define them. 

2. Abbreviate general, answer, railroad, Au^ 
gust. 

3. Form the plurals ~of the following words: 
calf, light, foot, place, ox. 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 155 

4. Write a sentence using two common and 
one proper adjective. 

5. How may we know whether to use a singu- 
lar or a plural verb ? 

6-10. Write a letter, using at least 100 words, 
to your uncle, telling him about your Christmas 
gifts. Give especial attention to form of letter, 
the use of capitals, punctuation and spelling. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Write a sentence using one principal and 
one subordinate clause. 

2. State five rules for the use of capital letters. 

3. Form the plurals of focus, iris, apex, oasis, 
I, ox. 

4. In what three different ways may we dis- 
tinguish gender ? 

5. When is a collective noun (a) singular; (b) 
plural ? Give examples. 

6. Compare much, kind, able, sure, beautiful. 

7. Give the principal parts of five irregular 
verbs. 

8. Write a sentence using an adverb of (a) 
time; (b) manner; (c) degree. 

9-10. Write a description of your nearest vil- 
lage or city, telling about its churches, stores, 
streets and people. Give especial attention to 
the use of capital letters, spelling and punctuation. 



156 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



SEVENTH YEAR 



Lincoln who concealed a very serious mind 
under the drolleries of a comic story-teller, was 
not without experience in national affairs. 

Questions 1 to 6 inclusive refer to the above 
selection. 

1. Select and classify the clauses. 

2. Parse (a) experience ; (6) mind ; (c) concealed. 

3. Give (a) three modifiers of mind; (b) two 
modifiers of story-teller. 

4. Give the syntax of (a) Lincoln; (b) affairs; 
(c) drolleries. 

5. Select all the adjectives and compare those 
that admit of comparison. 

6. Conjugate the verb was in all the tenses of 
the indicative mode. 

7. State three syntactic rules for the nomina- 
tive case. 

8. Define (a) comparison ; (b) conjugation. 

9. Give three rules for the use of the semi- 
colon. 

10. Write a sentence using an infinitive as the 
(a) subject; (b) object. 

EIGHTH YEAR 

The most important thing a young man ever 
does is to get ready. The key note lasts to the 
end of the tune and the foundation reaches clear 
to the finial. 



GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE 157 

The first six questions refer to the above 
selection. 

1. Classify the following clauses : (a) man does ; 
(b) foundation reaches. 

2. Conjugate the verb is in the past perfect 
tense, potential mode. 

3. Give the principal parts of all the verbs. 

4. Parse (a) thing; (6) ever; (c) lasts. 

5. Give all the modifiers of (a) thing; (b) lasts. 

6. Classify each sentence of the selection as to 
its form and use. 

7. i Give a synopsis of the verb ride, second 
person, singular, indicative and potential modes. 

8. Write sentences illustrating some distinction 
in the use of the words between and among. 

9. Give an example of (a) a regular, and (5) an 
irregular comparison of adjectives. 

10. Form the plurals of index, arena, basis, 
focus. 

NINTH YEAR 

It may not be flattering to our pride, but it is 
nevertheless true, that, in the far by-gone ages, 
our ancestors were clothed in the skins of wild 
beasts, just as some savage tribes are clothed to- 
day. 

The first six questions refer to the above selec- 
tion. 

1. Select and classify all the clauses. 



158 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

2. Parse (a) that; (b) tribes; (c) clothed (4th 
line). 

3. Tell the part of speech of (a) nevertheless ; 
(b) flattering; (c) just. 

4. Give the principal parts of all the verbs. 

5. Give all the modifiers of (a) tribes; (b) 
ages; (c) clothed (line 3). 

6. What does the preposition but connect ? 

7. Give the signs of the following tenses: (a) 
Pres. Per., Past Per., Future Per. of the indica- 
tive mode; (b) Present, Pres. Per., Past Per. of 
the potential mode. 

8. What is the difference between (a) redundant 
and defective verbs ; (b) active and passive verbs ? 

9. When does the collective noun require (a) a 
singular verb ; (b) a plural verb ? 

10. Write a sentence with (a) a participle; (b) 
an infinitive (verbal nouns) used as the subject. 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT 

1. Name, define and give examples of two 
kinds of taxes. 

2. Name four classes of people who are exempt 
from military duties. 

3. Compare (a) insurrection and rebellion; (b) 
confederacy and nation. 

4. Describe fully the three ways in which a 
bill brought before congress may become a law. 



PHYSIOLOGY 159 

5. Justify the act of giving congress the sole 
power of coining money. 

6. State the mode of enacting amendments to 
our State constitution. 

7. When and how often must congress 
assemble ? 

8. (a) What is treason ? (b) What is necessary 
to convict a person of this crime in the United 
States ? 

9. What town officers are required to give 
bonds ? 

10 j What are the duties of the surrogate. 

PHYSIOLOGY 

FOURTH YEAR 

1. Name three healthful foods. 

2. What is the effect on a muscle if not used? 

3. Describe the skin. 

4. What is perspiration ? 

5. When is the best time for bathing ? 

6. Of what use are the nails ? 

7. What kind of meat is best for daily use ? 

8. How may water be made impure ? 
.9. What time is best for exercise ? 

10. What is the effect on the mind of the use 
of tobacco ? 

FIFTH YEAR 

1. Give two uses of the skin. 



160 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

2. What is the effect of cigarette smoking on 
the mind ? 

3. Name three, foods which contain sugar. 

4. Why do we need more fatty food in winter 
than in summer ? 

5. What is the use of the saliva ? 

6. Name the organs in the chest. . 

7. What tells us of pain ? 

8. Give three rules for the care of the teeth. 

9. Describe the spinal column. 

10. Name the bones of the lower leg. 

SIXTH YEAR 

1. Exercise and dis-use have what effect on 
the muscles ? 

2. Describe the evil effects of re-breathing. 

3. Give three rules for the care of the ears. 

4. Explain the necessity of a mixed diet. 

5. Why will a broken bone heal quicker in a 
child than in an aged person ? 

6. What are the Haversian canals ? 

7. How does a joint oil itself ? 

8. What is the mucous membrane ? 

9. How does the nourishing part of the food 
get into the blood ? 

10. Define (a) chyme; (b) chyle. 

SEVENTH YEAR 

1. What gives the skin its color ? 

2. What is the function of the cerebellum ? 



PHYSIOLOGY 161 

3. Why can a dog strip the flesh from a bone 
by simply licking it ? 

4. Where is the sense of touch most acute ? 

5. Describe and give the use of the sclerotic. 

6. What is fermentation ? 

7. How is voice produced ? 

8. Name three kinds of joints and give an 
example of each. 

9. What is injured when we receive a sprain? 

10. What is the effect of the use of tobacco 
on the senses ? 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. What is the gout and how is it caused ? 

2. What are freckles ? 

3. From what is a hair produced ? 

4. What is the structure of the mucous mem- 
brane ? 

5. What are the uses of fat ? 

6-7. Describe fully the circulation of the blood. 

8. Name and number the four kinds of teeth. 

9. What are the perspiratory glands ? 

10. AVhy is alcohol the cause of many crimes ? 

NINTH YEAR 

1. What nerve governs each of the senses ? 

2. What is the use of taste ? 

3. Describe the external ear. s 

4. Name the three membranes of the eye. 

5. What is the " arch of the aorta " ? 



162 GRADE EXAMINATIONS 

6. Describe the lacteals. 

6. What is the use of the portal circulation ? 

8. Name three parts of the body which con- 
tain neither blood nor nerves. 

9. Describe and give the function of the lachre- 
mal gland. 

10. How do we see ? 

HISTORY 

EIGHTH YEAR 

1. Tell something of each of the following 
men : (a) Eoger Williams ; (6) Peter Stuy vesant ; 
(c) Alexander Hamilton. 

2. For what reason was (a) Georgia, (b) Rhode 
Island, (c) Maryland settled ? 

3. (a) Under what flag and at about what time 
did the Cabot s discover America ? (b) From 
whom did they obtain authority to sail ? 

4. When, where and by what nation was 
slavery introduced in America ? 

5. Mention five battles of the Revolutionary 
war and give the commanders of each. 

6. Describe the flight between the constitution 
and the Guerriere. 

7. (a) Who killed Tecumseh ? (b) What effect 
did his death have upon the warriors ? 

8. What dispatch did Perry send to General 
Harrison after the battle on Lake Erie ? 



HISTORY 163 

9. Describe the battle of New Orleans. 

10. (a) Where was the treaty which closed the 
war of 1812 signed ? (b) How was the question 
of impressment left ? 

NINTH YEAR 

1. What is meant by "impressment of the 
American seamen ' ' ? 

2. With what victory did the Americans re- 
gain control of Michigan ? 

3. Mention a noted historic fact connected 
with' each of the following men: Maj. Andre, 
Stephen A. Douglass, Henry Clay. 

4. What was the " Nullification act " ? 

5. What was the cause of Dorr's rebellion ? 

6. When and by whom was the magnetic 
telegraph invented ? 

7. Give a brief account of the capture of 
Yicksburg. 

8. What public office was held by (a) John 
Jay ; (b) Daniel Webster ; (c) Aaron Burr ? 

9. Name three important American authors 
and give a work of each. 

10. Write a brief account of each of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Laying of the Atlantic cable; (b) 
presidential election in the fall of 1876. 



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GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



SPELLING 



FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS 



1. any, 

2. each, 

3. which, 

4. freeze, 

5. horseback, 

6. golden, 

7. water, 

8. very, 

9. seemed, 

10. sharpened, 

11. bite, 

12. their, 

13. seaweed, 

14. railroad, 

15. queer, 

16. ache, 

17. pain, 

18. there, 

19. whispered, 

20. puzzle, 

21. cackle, 

22. upon, 

23. noun, 

24. article, 

25. fished, 



26. gnawed, 

27. perpendicular, 

28. circle, 

29. globe, 

30. digger, 

31. buggy, 

32. pages, 

33. covers, 

34. sugar, 

35. marble, 

36. iron, 

37. teeth, 

38. leaves, 

39. solid, 

40. cousin, 

41. orchard, 

42. kitchen, 

43. linen, 

44. hammer, 

45. scarf, 

46. horse-shoes, 

47. steel, 

48. around, 

49. beauty, 

50. Washington. 



SPELLING 



165 



SIXTH AND SEVENTH YEARS 



1. president, 

2. robber, 

3. Columbus, 

4. gypsy, 

5. nervous, 

6. icicle, 

7. fever, 

8. Buffalo, 

9. Pittsburg, 

10. Alleghany, 

11. molasses, 

12. machinery, 

13. education, 

14. religious, 

15. longitude, 

16. scandal, 

17. parcel, 

18. earthquake, 

19. plateau, 

20. addition, 

21. division, 

22. notation, 

23. numerator, 

24. disfigure, 

25. sailor, 



26. musician, 

27. catarrh, 

28. cornstalk, 

29. raspberries, 

30. cedar, 

31. desert, 

32. except, 

33. accept, 

34. celery, 

35. Eunice, 

36. screech, 

37. judgment, 

38. saucer, 

39. quotient, 

40. session, 

41. alcohol, 

42. raisins, 

43. geometry, 

44. shingles, 

45. nephew, 

46. loser, 

47. inventor, 

48. awful, 

49. freight, 

50. Pyrenees. 



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GRADE EXAMINATIONS 



EIGHTH AND NINTH YEARS 



1. client, 

2. notary- public, 

3. physiognomy, 

4. phaeton, 

5. complexion, 

6. souvenir, 

7. apothecary, 

8. inveterate, 

9. principal, 

10. accurate, 

11. accept, 

12. vertebrae, 

13. suffix, 

14. sergeant, 

15. merchandise, 

16. sovereign, 
IT. governor, 

18. colonel, 

19. oasis, 

20. seminary, 

21. mathematician, 

22. auctioneer, 

23. miscellaneous, 

24. mischievous, 

25. persuasion, 



26. Wednesday, 

27. towards, 

28. bicycle, 

29. immortal, 

30. physical, 

31. definite, 

32. adequate, 

33. competition, 

34. hygiene, 

35. revision, 

36. pickerel, 

37. geometry, 

38. singeing, 

39. Isaiah, 

40. looser, 

41. dessert, 

42. cyclone, 

43. plurality, 

44. defective, 

45. character, 

46. features, 

47. fermentation, 

48. conventionalize, 

49. A. D., 

50. M. C. 



OCT 17 1900 



